Ballo's Multi Service

Ballo's Multi Service, based in Hyde Park, is a lawn care and landscaping outfit that also handles cleanups, snow removal, junk removal, power washing, and handyman work; the company names John Ballo as its founder and lawn-care specialist and Sophia Greene as its landscaping architect, though nearly every review on file credits the hands-on work to Richard — usually called Rich — and his crew. What comes through across 40 reviews from 2024 into 2026 is speed. A 2026 review described a fallen tree removed within two hours of the first call, for only a nominal rush fee. Multiple reviews describe same-day or next-day quotes and work starting within days, sometimes hours, of a first inquiry — one 2025 review described Rich stepping in on short notice after a different landscaper cancelled just three days before a home event, and got the job done anyway. Snow removal gets specific praise too: a late-2025 review described sidewalks cleared quickly and thoroughly after a snowfall. The core of the work is cleanup — genuinely overgrown, neglected yards brought back from scratch. A 2024 review described a brand-new homeowner's yard, left a total mess by the previous owners with brush piles and a collapsing fence, cleared in a single day; a 2025 review described a yard buried in weeds, overgrowth, and vines climbing the house restored to what the reviewer called a promised transformation; and an April 2026 review described two years of accumulated leaves and construction debris cleared along with shrub shaping and weeding. Several reviewers describe moving from a one-time cleanup into ongoing bi-weekly lawn care or combined snow-and-landscaping service, now in a second season or longer. There's one mild exception to the otherwise uniform praise: a June 2026 review said the reviewer had a good experience with the company in the past and found the hourly rate reasonable, but chose a different company this year after Ballo's estimated hours for a similar job came in noticeably higher than a competing quote — not a complaint about the work itself, just about one year's estimate. For yard cleanups, ongoing lawn care, snow removal, and junk hauling in the Hyde Park area, this is a fast-responding, well-reviewed operation that specializes in bringing a badly neglected property back under control; it's worth getting more than one estimate if the job is a straightforward, recurring one.