Collins Landscape And Snowplowing

Collins Landscape And Snowplowing is a Providence, Rhode Island outfit that, according to Thumbtack, has been in business 7 years with 7 employees and 116 hires through the platform. Reviewers keep naming the same two people running the crews — David and Melissa Collins. The jobs described are full-yard projects: a privacy fence, sod, shrub planting, and a new irrigation system installed together for a homeowner who started with a smaller project and ended up redoing their whole yard; a concrete patio that turned into a full backyard overhaul; a gazebo pad that grew into tree removal, reseeding the front and side yards, and finishing a small bathroom. One reviewer called the pricing fair and the work well done, another noted Melissa and Dave pulled a permit for a fence job and cleaned up afterward, and a third praised the speed and professionalism enough to bring the crew back for a bigger project. On Thumbtack, the company holds a 4.3-star average, but that's built on 59 ratings, not just the five detailed reviews here — and the platform's own distribution shows 12% of those ratings at one star, a meaningfully rougher record than the glowing accounts on file. Worth asking directly what those lower ratings were about before signing a contract. Both BuildZoom and Thumbtack list an active Rhode Island contractor license (#GC-51885, Residential/Commercial) for the company, held by Melissa Collins — a directory claim, not something verified against the state registry here. For fencing, planting, hardscaping, or a larger backyard rebuild in the Providence area, this is a crew with real repeat-hire momentum (116 hires on Thumbtack alone) and specific, detailed praise — just balance that against the one-star share on the wider platform record before committing to a big job.