Pro MJL Landscaping and Construction

Pro MJL Landscaping and Construction works out of Swampscott, where the company says founder Armando Chavez built a North Shore landscaping outfit that also handles tree service, hardscaping, snow removal, and fence installation. It lists service towns running from Reading and Saugus down through Beverly and Marblehead. The volume of praise is hard to look past: 119 reviews dating back to 2021 across eight platforms, an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, and five-star averages on Google (93 ratings), Angi, and HomeAdvisor. What repeats across dozens of accounts is speed paired with range — spring cleanups, sod installs, paver patios, retaining walls, fence work, driveway paving, and tree and stump removal all come up, often from customers who call Armando back for the next project too. Several reviewers specifically noted the crew working through 100-degree heat to finish on schedule, and Armando himself is credited again and again for showing up fast to quote a job and staying reachable by phone once the work starts. The written record isn't spotless. One 2023 Google review, sharper than the rest, said Armando "over promises and under delivers," described being asked for a review early in the job, and warned that the company skips written contracts and hasn't followed through on promised future work. It's an outlier against the run of five-star accounts, but specific enough to be worth asking about directly — get any commitments in writing before paying for anything beyond the job in front of you. The bulk of the work here is landscaping and lawn care, but a couple of reviews point to more: a 2025 job involved shingle replacement and chimney work on a two-story house, and another described a full interior demo, drywall, and paint job with a vaulted ceiling — a sign the "Construction" half of the name isn't just branding, even if it's a smaller, less-established side of the business than the yard work. For standard landscaping, hardscaping, or tree work, the track record here is deep and consistently positive; for anything larger or outside that lane, confirm the scope and get it in writing before starting.