HLH Landscaping & Hardscaping

HLH Landscaping & Hardscaping is a Melrose company whose calling card is nine straight 5-star Google reviews, and reviewers keep describing specific finished projects rather than just leaving a rating. The most detailed of them describes a retaining wall the crew built in a homeowner's backyard in 2025 — solid, level, and, in the reviewer's words, something neighbors stopped by to ask about. Another 2025 review walks through a new patio project from the first consultation through material choices to the final touches, with the crew described as responsive throughout. A third homeowner hired them twice that year, for a back patio and front steps, and said the work made the property both safer and better looking. One reviewer named Jerry as leading the crew and said the job finished sooner than expected. Beyond the bigger hardscape jobs, the same crew shows up for routine maintenance: sod installation, weeding, mulching, and seasonal cleanups. A spring 2026 review specifically calls out a fair price for a cleanup-and-mulching job, and across the whole record, no reviewer flags a problem with timing, communication, or cost. The company's own site says it's based in Melrose and covers several nearby North Shore towns — Andover, Lynnfield, Winchester, Marblehead, Lexington, and Swampscott — and lists patios, retaining walls, sod installation, and seasonal cleanups as its core work. For anyone weighing a hardscape project — a patio, steps, or a retaining wall — the retaining-wall and patio reviews from 2025 are worth a closer read before booking; the spring 2026 cleanup review is the most recent account of their routine maintenance work.