Earth Works

Earth Works is a North Andover excavation and site-preparation contractor hired for the heavy half of an outdoor project — digging, grading and drainage — and often kept on for the visible half: retaining walls, paver patios and walkways. Its own site gives 1999 as the year established and claims over 27 years in the trade, and the company describes itself as owner-operated and family-owned. Its Better Business Bureau profile lists the business at 2302 Turnpike Street, started in 1999 and incorporated in 2014, with six employees, filed under landscape contractors and carrying an A+ grade without accreditation. The review record is deep for a company this size and consistent: Google shows 4.9 stars from 29 ratings. What customers describe is specific rather than generic. A December 2025 reviewer credited the company with repairing front steps and a walkway and putting in dry wells that solved a standing-water problem. A 2024 customer who hired it for a pool demolition described communication that stayed solid from start to finish. A January 2026 reviewer whose job grew mid-project to include the driveway and a buffer between properties wrote that neighbors stopped by to ask about the result. Several reviewers describe the crew rather than the sales pitch: one 2024 review notes the team works quickly instead of dragging a job out, and clears debris and repairs lawn damage before leaving. Others name Dan, who walks the property and stays involved through the job, and a 2023 reviewer names office staff by name as well. A 2024 reviewer of a trench and backup-generator job said the work was done knowledgeably and only wished he had called earlier. Two things are worth asking about before you book. The 27-year tenure and the family-owned description come from the company's own site, so ask who runs the crew day to day and who will be on your job. And two of the warmest reviews come from business contacts rather than homeowners — a realtor who has seen many of the company's projects, and the owner of a commercial cleaning company who used it for client work — so ask for references on a project like yours. For work that starts with a machine in the yard — a pool coming out, a driveway going in, water that has to go somewhere — this is a small local outfit with a recent, specific and unusually consistent record in exactly that kind of job.