Ground Care Landscaping

Forty-seven Google ratings averaging 4.8 is the number to start with, and the work behind it is the unglamorous seasonal stuff: spring and fall cleanups, aeration and overseeding, mulch and planting, drainage and hardscape. Ground Care Landscaping works out of North Andover and covers eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire — its site names North Andover, Andover, Haverhill and Newburyport plus Newton and Plaistow, NH. The company says it has been at this for 20 years; the Better Business Bureau dates the LLC to 2012, counts 14 years and 10 employees, and grades it A+ without accreditation. It also turns up as a North Andover Chamber of Commerce member. Commercial snow and ice removal, offered around the clock in winter, is the other half of the calendar. Across three years and five sources the reviews stay consistently positive, and the theme is ordinary work done properly rather than showpiece design: crews that arrive when they said they would, cleanups where nothing gets skipped, and lawn renovation that gets a full day instead of a fast pass. Repeat customers appear often enough that the relationship, not the one-off job, looks like the model here. The complaints that exist are about estimates, not the finished work. At least one customer pushed back on how a quote was priced, and the BBB carries a negative review on the profile as well. That is a narrow, specific caution against a broadly positive history — worth an itemized written estimate and a clear scope before you commit, particularly on a larger one-time job like clearing or hardscape. They are a sensible call for a homeowner who wants a property maintained through the season by the same crew, or a yard brought back after neglect. Confirm the price in writing, ask what the estimate covers and what it does not, and — if you need winter service — check whether their snow work extends to residential properties or stays commercial.