Carpenter Costin Tree and Landscape

Carpenter Costin Tree and Landscape is a Danvers tree-care and landscaping company whose written record runs from 2011 to 2021 across Angi and HomeAdvisor's shared review profile. The company's BBB profile describes a 20-employee firm incorporated in Massachusetts, with an A+ grade — though the BBB is explicit that it is not an accredited business. Its Houzz and Angi/HomeAdvisor profiles put the founding at 1946, while its BBB filing puts incorporation in 1949, so the exact length of its history is unclear; either figure puts it well past 75 years. Across a long run of reviews, several customers single out the same thing: speed, and care around a home's structures while working. One 2020 reviewer had trees touching the house removed within two days, after other companies quoted a month-long wait. Multiple reviewers from 2013 through 2018 praised the crew for working carefully around pools, fences and homes during removals and cleaning up debris afterward, and a few mentioned staff — a landscape architect, an arborist — by name as knowledgeable to deal with. That said, the record also includes real complaints worth knowing about. A 2020 review describes a worker using a cut tree trunk to force open a gate, damaging the gate and fence in the process. A 2017 review describes paying for a job — removing three trees, grinding the stumps, hauling the wood — that was left half-finished for weeks. A 2018 review describes a tree-protection job done poorly, with a promised repair that never happened over two months of follow-up. The company posted detailed public rebuttals to the 2017 and 2018 complaints, disputing the customers' accounts. Beyond tree work, the company's listings also cover landscape design and construction, hardscaping, and masonry — one reviewer specifically praised stonework on a landscape project — plus turf and pest management, though the bulk of the written record is about tree removal and pruning rather than large landscape builds. For a routine tree removal or pruning job, the reviews point to fast scheduling and careful work. Given the handful of serious complaints on record, it's worth getting the scope of work and cleanup expectations in writing, especially around fences and other structures near the job site.