Mueskes Landscaping, LLC

Mueskes Landscaping, LLC — which also trades as Mueskes Landscape and Snow Management — is run by owner Brian Mueskes from 23 Old Ferry Rd in Methuen, with 19 people on the books. The Better Business Bureau records the business as started on 1 January 2003 and incorporated in August 2004, and it has held BBB accreditation since August 2009 with an A+ rating. The work spans more ground than most landscaping outfits. Alongside landscape design, installation and maintenance, lawn installation, mulching, hydroseeding and tree trimming and removal, the company runs its own trucking, excavation and concrete flatwork, installs full irrigation systems, and builds hardscape: retaining walls, walkways and patios. In winter the focus shifts to commercial snow plowing and ice management, which the company itself calls its specialism. One thing to be clear about before calling: the BBB profile states that the business provides services to commercial customers, and BBB files it under Commercial Snow Removal Services. Its Houzz page does list lawn maintenance, walls and walkways and patios alongside a hardscape portfolio, so the picture is mixed — a homeowner should ask directly whether residential work is taken on before going further. No customer has posted a review on either directory. BBB publishes no star rating and no complaint count, and Houzz still shows the profile as awaiting its first review, so there is no track record here to read and no rating can honestly be given. Neither directory publishes a licence or registration number, and the two carry different addresses — Methuen on BBB, North Andover on Houzz — behind the same phone number. Because the work includes excavation, concrete, retaining walls and patios, the narrow Massachusetts exemption for landscaping-only work does not cover it, so ask for the Home Improvement Contractor registration and the insurance certificate and check both against the state register yourself.