J. McKinnon Inc.

J. McKinnon Inc. is a Hanson landscaping, excavation and septic contractor working across Plymouth and Norfolk counties, the South Shore and Cape Cod. The company says on its own site that it's family-owned and has run since 2007, and the Better Business Bureau's record for the same business — filed under the legal name J.McKinnon Landscape Company, LLC — shows it incorporated as an LLC in 2014 with six employees. Its stated service area centers on Norwell, Duxbury and Hanson, and the work spans everyday lawn care up to hardscape builds, irrigation, driveway plowing and excavation ahead of foundation and utility hookups. Across 30 Google reviews spanning 2022 to 2026, the same names — Jeff, Mike, Jay — turn up again and again, and the story is consistent: crews show up when they say they will and finish sizable jobs on schedule. In 2022 reviews, one customer had a maple tree that took out their garage removed and the stump ground, and another described a windstorm that dropped trees on their vehicles being cleared within a few hours of the call. That same year, a homeowner described the crew as accurate and on time doing foundation, propane-tank and utility site prep. In a late-2024 review, one customer said McKinnon had been their only landscaper for 12 years without a complaint, and an earlier 2022 review described calling on Jeff repeatedly after storms to clear wooded lots. One rougher edge: a 2022 review of a paver walkway and grill-pad job — which also covered edging, mulching and hydroseeding — noted the new seed took in most spots but some areas still needed more work. It's the lone dissenting note among 30 reviews on file, and the only one under four stars. The Better Business Bureau lists the company as an A+ with no complaints or government actions on record. Worth a call for seasonal maintenance, hardscape projects, or storm cleanup on the South Shore — for a bigger install like a full paver job or reseeding, it's worth asking upfront how touch-ups on incomplete spots get handled.