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Nolasco Landscaping and Construction is a Marblehead, Massachusetts outfit run by Rene, advertised for stump removal, asphalt paving, interlocking pavers, and brick or stone wall repair, with six years in business by its own account. The written reviews run mostly negative, and the pattern repeats across years rather than sitting in one bad stretch. In a March 2024 Angi review describing a roughly $3,000 landscaping job, a customer says stumps were left in the ground, excavated areas were never loamed or cleaned up, property was damaged, and calls afterward went unanswered. A Google review from the same month describes the owner asking for more money to finish work he'd already been paid to do, then leaving the yard "in shambles." A May 2023 review says the crew removed a fire pit without being asked to and broke two large clay pots, with the owner's promise to make up for it never resolved. More recent reviews describe the same pattern of a broken promise to return and fix problems: a September 2025 review says the company stopped answering calls and texts after repeated attempts, and a May 2026 review — the most recent on file — says the work wasn't good and a three-month guarantee turned out to be empty. Set against that, two brief Angi reviews from March 2023 describe a responsible, attentive worker and a job well done, though neither goes into detail about the work itself. Worth knowing plainly: Angi and HomeAdvisor publish the same three reviews rather than independent ones, so seeing the company listed on both isn't extra corroboration, and the negative pattern shows up consistently across 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Given how often the same complaint — work left unfinished, promises to return unmet, and no response once paid — shows up across years and platforms, get a signed contract with a firm completion date and hold back final payment until the site is actually finished and cleaned up.
Do not hire. Work not very good, when contacted to fix, unresponsive. 3 months guarantee lie
Did a job for us months ago and promised to come back to resolve any issues. He has not done so despite several attempts. He has rarely even answered the phone or text and, when he did, he again promised. Now has has ghosted us. Think twice before hiring him. He's all talk and doesn't stand by his work or his word.
The owner lies, doesn't work as agreed, and destroyed my property. He didn't perform the work promised and then asked for more money to complete what was originally agreed upon. Rene left my yard in shambles and refuses fix his mess which will cost me thousands to repair. Thank you Nolasco!
Rene is untrustworthy, doesn't deliver as he promises, and doesn't stand by his work. Hired him for a landscaping job and did not deliver on what we agreed. He didn't take the stumps out, loam and clean the areas he excavated, ruined some of my property, and left my yard in shambles. He refuses to return my calls and now I have to pay thousands to fix the mess he left.
Is there a negative star? They are the worst did clean up in my yard took my fire pit when I did not ask them to dispose of it then broke two very large expensive clay pots the owner said he would come back and do additional work to make up for the breakage. I am not happy with the "evening out" they did with loam in the back yard. Just filled ina few holes with dirt threw some grass seed down and refused to come back to make up for the lack of good faith I afforded them. Spend your money elsewhere. NOT worth it.
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Nolasco Landscaping and Construction. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
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