M & L Landscaping & Construction, LLC

M&L Landscaping & Construction is a Lynn, Massachusetts hardscape and landscaping company built around Leo, who reviewers describe as the hands-on owner texting back questions and checking in on crews doing patios, retaining walls, driveways, decks, fencing and brick work, alongside routine lawn care and seasonal cleanups. The volume of detailed, specific praise here is substantial. A May 2026 review described a driveway replacement, a new patio, and a retaining wall with an enclosed fence, calling Leo flexible and easy to work with. A March 2026 review said the crew had done three separate projects, each finished perfectly and ahead of schedule. A 2025 review described a full brick re-pointing job completed professionally and on time every day, and another described a first project that included pavers, a retaining wall with built-in seating, a garden bed, a composite deck with stairs, and fence installation, followed by a second project repairing insurance-claim damage. One reviewer described a genuinely difficult structural job — manually excavating holes for concrete piers, pouring them, and installing Lally columns after cure time — handled competently by Leo's crew after he was upfront that it wouldn't be easy. There's one real exception worth knowing about. A May 2025 review, four stars, said the crew didn't take proper precautions to protect the property during a project — dirt was left in front of the house and a tractor moving soil from the front to the backyard caused significant damage to the front lawn; the review notes an unresolved follow-up, though the owner posted his own response to it directly rather than letting it sit unanswered. One more thing worth asking about directly: the company's own materials disagree on how long it's been in business — Angi and HomeAdvisor's profile text says 12-plus years in one place and a 6-years-of-experience badge in another, while the company's own website says 10 years and Thumbtack lists six. Angi and HomeAdvisor both show a near-identical 4.9 average from 96 ratings, with 93% five stars and only a handful below four. For a hardscape project — a patio, retaining wall, driveway, or brick repair — the reviews here describe a responsive owner and crews that take on genuinely difficult jobs and mostly deliver on time.