Manos Landscaping, LLC

Manos Landscaping is a Manchester-by-the-Sea design-build-and-maintain outfit — the kind of company a North Shore homeowner calls for a patio or a full yard rebuild and then keeps on for the weekly mowing. On its website the company says Glenn Manos started it in 2018 after working for Manchester-area landscape companies since 1990, and it lists landscaping, hardscaping, pool installation, fencing, decks, irrigation, plantings and lighting across the North Shore, from Newburyport down to Lynnfield and Reading. The written history is short but specific. In four Angi reviews from February 2022, one homeowner described a larger project with hydro-seeding and plantings that turned into ongoing weekly and quarterly maintenance; another said she designed her patio together with the crew and was pleased with how it came out; a third called the crew neat and easy to work with and planned to hire them again; the fourth summed the job up as prompt, efficient and high quality. Angi and HomeAdvisor each show the company at 5.0 stars from four ratings, with fencing, landscaping and masonry as the listed services and 16 years of experience. Worth knowing before calling: those four reviews all date from early 2022, and the company's licensing line on its site says only that it holds "all necessary licenses for our area" — no number is given, so ask what is actually held for any hardscape, fence or pool work. A fair call for a designed patio or planting project you want maintained afterward. Confirm the crew that builds it is the one that comes back for maintenance, and get the licence and insurance details in writing before a bigger build.