Dionicio's Landscaping, Construction, & Paving

Dionicio's Landscaping, Construction, & Paving is a Lynn outfit built around big-ticket outdoor work: driveways, retaining walls, patios, and paver walkways. Reviewers overwhelmingly refer to Rafael (also spelled Raphael in a few reviews) as the crew lead, with a 4.9-star average across 31 Google ratings and every quoted review in this record rated five stars. The company's own site says it's been doing landscaping, construction, and paving work for roughly seven years. The jobs described get substantial -- tearing out and repouring driveways, building retaining walls with integrated steps and fencing, installing a French drain to stop water intrusion at a basement walkout, and a granite-and-paver walkway and back stairs. Several customers came back for more: one hired Rafael to extend a patio and add sod, then rehired him the next year for the front yard; another mentioned two separate projects. Recent reviews from earlier this year keep the same themes going -- a mountain-home hardscape job and a retaining wall paired with a French drain, both called efficient and well done. The one real wrinkle in an otherwise clean record: a 2025 review described a driveway-leveling and retaining-wall job done with no written agreement or timeline, and said Rafael asked for full payment before finishing some final touches, which caused confusion -- though the reviewer still rated the finished work five stars. Worth asking for a written scope and payment schedule up front, especially on a larger job. For paving, retaining walls, or a bigger hardscaping project, this is a well-reviewed, high-volume option with a track record of repeat customers -- just get the terms in writing before work starts.