C & K Landscaping & Construction Inc.

Houzz puts a typical C & K job anywhere between $5,000 and $500,000 — this is a Peabody company that will take the weekly mowing and the full stone-and-grading rebuild. It says it started in 1992 and has grown a staff across gardening, lawn care and landscaping, working the North Shore. The work it shows off is hardscape. Both projects on its Houzz page are in Peabody: one home landscaping job, one in stone pavers with retaining walls, and Houzz files the company under stone, pavers and concrete. Porch adds landscape construction, arbor construction, artificial grass and brick and stone driveway installation and repair, and carries a 3.97 average across 26 ratings. The routine side is there too — mowing, mulching, aerating, dethatching, fertilizing, flower beds and leaf removal, across roughly 39 North Shore towns. Two things to straighten out on the first call. The two profiles disagree on tenure: Houzz says founded in 1992, Porch says 16 years in business. They also give different addresses, Peabody on one and Swampscott on the other. For a North Shore homeowner who wants one crew for the paver patio and the weekly cut, C & K is a reasonable call. Get the scope and the price in writing before anyone starts, ask for a certificate of insurance, and ask to see a recent local wall or patio job.