Done Right Landscape & Construction

Three hundred thirty-six Google reviews averaging 4.9 stars is the kind of number a landscaping company only builds one yard at a time, and Done Right Landscape & Construction has been building it in Wakefield since 1980, when Bruce Aleo started the company himself. He still owns and runs it today, and reviewers address him by name rather than the business. The company says it works Wakefield, Lynnfield, North Reading, Saugus, Reading, Stoneham, and Boston, taking on landscape design, hardscaping, and fence work. The reputation isn't resting on one platform. Alongside the Google average, Houzz shows a perfect 5.0 across 30 reviews, and the Better Business Bureau lists an A+ grade. That spread runs deep — 202 reviews logged between 2015 and today across six different sources — and the story in them barely changes: homeowners recount retaining walls, paver patios, and stonework built the way they asked for, with Bruce named directly as the one who showed up and designed it. The most recent reviews, from this year, keep to the same note — people say the crew turned up when they said they would, communicated throughout, and delivered work whose "quality speaks for itself" on their landscaping projects. A couple of things are worth asking about before booking. The BBB grade is an A+, but the business isn't actually BBB-accredited — those are two different things, worth knowing so the badge isn't mistaken for membership. And while the long record is deep, the last six months only produced six new reviews, none of them negative, but a thinner stretch than the company's typical pace — worth checking their current schedule and lead times directly. The one dissenting note in hundreds of reviews came from a customer who called the pricing a little steep, though they said the new patio was worth it in the end. For a hardscaping or design-build job — a patio, a retaining wall, a fence, a full-yard rework — this is a company with the volume of independent, multi-platform praise to back taking the call. Get a firm timeline and scope before signing, and the history here is about as reassuring as landscaping reviews get.