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Elmer's Lawn Maintenance is a Somerville outfit people call for the full range of yard work — mowing and lawn care, sod installation, irrigation repair, aeration and overseeding, and hardscaping like driveways, walkways, retaining walls, and patios, run by Elmer Mata. Angi and HomeAdvisor both put it at a 4.9-star average across 41 reviews, and Google adds a 4.7 average from a smaller pool of 12. What stands out across a five-year run of Angi reviews, from 2019 through late 2025, is how uniform the story is. A 2025 review described Elmer rehabilitating a yard a home developer had filled with stone dust and dyed woodchips, and being upfront about what the repair would actually take. A 2023 reviewer recalled Elmer and his crew installing a new driveway and offering pointed advice on brick choices for the walkway, calling the whole job excellent. Reviews from 2020 through 2024 repeat the same notes on ordinary lawn work — on-time arrivals, texted heads-up calls, quick and professional sod installs, and fall aeration scheduled around the weather to give new seed the best chance. Pricing comes up often and consistently as fair: reviewers across 2020, 2021, and 2024 each independently called the cost reasonable or a great value. One 2020 review, written by a homeowner who said they'd once worked as a contractor themselves, called the crew's work ethic and pride in the job second to none. There's a wrinkle worth flagging rather than a complaint: the company's own website says it's been in the industry for just over five years, while Angi's profile lists 10 years of experience and HomeAdvisor's lists over 15 — three different tenure claims that don't reconcile with each other. For lawn care, a sod job, or a small hardscape project like a driveway or walkway in the Somerville area, this is a company with an unusually deep and consistent run of specific, positive accounts. Before booking, it's worth asking directly how long the company has actually been operating, since its own materials don't agree with what the review platforms say.
I hired Elmer and his crew to rehabilitate my landscaping after I purchased a new home. (I discovered that the developer filled a lot of the yard with stone dust, so the sod died. Also, the developer dumped a lot of dyed woodchips in the yard.) Elmer was very honest about the strengths and weaknesses about the existing landscaping. He and his crew removed the stone dust and replaced it with rich soil. They reseeded the yard and provided me with instructions about how to maintain the seeds so they would germinate. They replaced the bad dyed woodchips with more natural mulch, and they replaced dead plantings with live plantings that were more suited to the site. Overall, they did a great job. I would definitely hire them again for any future landscaping.
Very polite professional & responsive , quickly showed me the type of product he uses & got the job done after a quick review of the yard. Will def use again.
Quick service appointment — Had lawn plug aerated, fertilized, and overseeded. Worker was very professional, answered and addressed any questions or concerns that I might have. Was important that Fall overseeing be done at a particular time so as not too warm or to cold so lawn had time to be established before late fall Very pleased, would use them again
Elmer was great to work with. On time, texted when he was on his way to let me know and did excellent work.
Elmer is wonderful, responsive and does a great job and reasonably priced!
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Elmer's Lawn Maintenance. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
Detailed craftsmanship5.0
Custom sheds5.0
Fence & carpentry work5.0
Wood and block retaining walls4.9
