# Star Landscaping & Design **Trade:** Landscaping · **Address:** 172a N Main St A, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 · **Phone:** (508) 398-9558 · **Languages:** English **Rating: 3.5/5** (low confidence) — from 0 reviews across 3 sources. A 0–5 star rating built from what customers and the public say (every review and mention weighted by where it was posted, how old, how detailed and how credible it is, shrunk toward a 3.5★ baseline when evidence is thin) plus what the record shows (Reddit recommendations or warnings, a registry-verified licence, how recently they were reviewed, customer work photos, BBB grade, negative news, a revoked licence). Positive record counts only as far as the reviews have earned it; penalties count in full. Confidence describes how much weighted evidence stands behind the number, never the number itself: low when fewer than about five normal reviews' worth of weight (or mentions only) support it, medium up to about twenty, high beyond that across at least two sources. An operator flag for a suspicious review pattern caps a rating at 3.5★ and marks it low. ## The honest read Star Landscaping & Design works out of 172A N Main St in South Yarmouth and covers the Mid Cape. The Better Business Bureau records it as trading since 1976 with four employees, also doing business as Star Landscaping & Firewood, and lists Leslie Starace as the owner. What it is hired for is broad for a small crew: lawn maintenance, lawn installation, landscape construction, firewood, and snow plowing. That winter side is what put it on homeowners' radar - in a December 2022 r/CapeCod thread where someone was trying to arrange snow removal for an elderly relative on the Mid Cape, a commenter answered with this company, described it as father-and-son owned and called them good people. That is close to the whole of the public record. Google shows a five-star average built on a single rating, and the Better Business Bureau publishes no rating at all, saying it does not have enough information about the business to issue one; the BBB profile carries no review bodies and no complaint count. The remaining pages that surface are directory listings that generate their own text rather than collecting customer accounts. A few details are worth clearing up directly. The BBB profile contradicts itself on the owner, naming 'Mr. Leslie Starace' in one section and 'Ms. Leslie Staracre' in another, and it says the business was 'established in 1976 in Connecticut' even though its address and phone are on Cape Cod. This is the right call for someone who wants a long-established, small local outfit for seasonal lawn work or winter plowing on the Mid Cape. Because so little has been written about them, ask for two or three local references and get the scope and price in writing before the season starts. **Strengths:** - Snow plowing — a Mid Cape neighbour recommended them for winter work - Long tenure — BBB records the business trading since 1976 - Small crew — BBB lists four employees under one named owner **Concerns:** - Single Google rating — the five-star average rests on one rating - No BBB rating — BBB says it lacks information to rate the business - Owner name conflict — BBB gives two spellings and two honorifics - Origin conflict — BBB says established in Connecticut, address is Cape Cod **Where sources disagree:** - The BBB profile names 'Mr. Leslie Starace' in its About paragraph and 'Ms. Leslie Staracre' in its Business Management and contact fields - a different spelling AND a different honorific for the same role on the same page. - BBB states the business was 'established in 1976 in Connecticut' while listing a South Yarmouth, Massachusetts address and a Massachusetts telephone number; the profile does not explain the move. - The only description of the ownership shape - 'Father and son owned' - comes from a Reddit commenter, not from the business or from BBB, which names a single owner; it is reported here as the commenter's words, not as an established fact. - Google's 5-star average is built on exactly one rating and no readable review body, so it should not be read as a track record. - During this scan the directory adapters served pages for OTHER Cape landscapers under this row's name - a Houzz profile for O'Leary Landscaping & Irrigation (Harwich), and Angi/HomeAdvisor mirror profiles for Best Cape Cod Landscaping, Inc. (West Yarmouth) - all refused; none of their reviews or ratings belong to this business. - The 'Star' name is a weak identity token: an unrelated Star Landscaping in Dyer, Indiana, All Star Landscaping & Masonry in Roslindale MA, 5 Star Landscapes in Norfolk UK and Star Garden Studio in New Bedford all surfaced under this name and were rejected. ## Claims & citations Every claim below is backed by real evidence rows — uncited claims are dropped in code before publication. - The business operates from 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664 and the Better Business Bureau records both its file opening and its business start as 1976, with four employees and Leslie Starace named as owner. _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - The Better Business Bureau lists its services as lawn maintenance, landscape construction, lawn installation, firewood and snow plowing, and records the alternate trading name Star Landscaping & Firewood. _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “Services offered (Better Business Bureau): lawn maintenance, landscape construction, lawn installation, firewood, snow plowing” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - In a December 2022 r/CapeCod thread asking for residential snow removal on the Mid Cape, a commenter recommended the company, describing it as father-and-son owned and calling them good people. _(confidence: medium)_ - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/zcevct/recommendations_for_residential_snow_removal/iywilne/) — “r/CapeCod — Star Landscaping and design. Father and son owned. Good people.” - The Better Business Bureau does not rate the business, stating it does not have sufficient information to issue a rating, and the business is not BBB accredited. _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - The Google star average rests on a single rating, and no platform in the record publishes a readable customer review. _(confidence: high)_ - [Google](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Star%20Landscaping%20%26%20Design&query_place_id=ChIJ24AgaHA5-4kRZFq0JrKbpU8) — “Google: 5★ from 1 ratings” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - The Better Business Bureau profile is internally inconsistent about who owns the business, naming 'Mr. Leslie Starace' in its description and 'Ms. Leslie Staracre' in its management and contact fields. _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - The Better Business Bureau states the business was established in 1976 in Connecticut, although its listed address and telephone number are in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. _(confidence: medium)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - The read rests on one 2022 Reddit recommendation and a single Google rating; there are no review bodies anywhere in the record, so the sample is very small. _(confidence: medium)_ - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/zcevct/recommendations_for_residential_snow_removal/iywilne/) — “r/CapeCod — Star Landscaping and design. Father and son owned. Good people.” - [Google](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Star%20Landscaping%20%26%20Design&query_place_id=ChIJ24AgaHA5-4kRZFq0JrKbpU8) — “Google: 5★ from 1 ratings” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” - Specializes in Landscaping _(confidence: high)_ - [reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/zcevct/recommendations_for_residential_snow_removal/iywilne/) — “r/CapeCod — Star Landscaping and design. Father and son owned. Good people.” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “Services offered (Better Business Bureau): lawn maintenance, landscape construction, lawn installation, firewood, snow plowing” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396) — “BBB profile for Star Landscaping & Design, 172A N Main St, South Yarmouth MA 02664-3120, (508) 398-9558: NOT accredited and BBB Rating 'Not …” ## License Status: **not_found** — verified against the official MA state registry, never self-reported. Re-check at the official registry: https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search ## Sources - [Google](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Star%20Landscaping%20%26%20Design&query_place_id=ChIJ24AgaHA5-4kRZFq0JrKbpU8): 5.0★ from 1 ratings - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/south-yarmouth/profile/landscape-contractors/star-landscaping-design-0021-43396): Listed on this source - [Exa](https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.SHDunfordConstruction.163115664.html): 0 web mentions across the open web (each linked to its source) ## Mentions Unverified third-party mentions found on the open web — relay with attribution ("a Reddit commenter said…"), never as Tavlee's own finding. - “Star Landscaping and design. Father and son owned. Good people.” — u/downrightblastfamy in r/CapeCod (2022-12-04) — https://www.reddit.com/r/CapeCod/comments/zcevct/recommendations_for_residential_snow_removal/iywilne/ --- Data freshness: last scanned 2026-08-20T06:25:13.428Z. Cite as: Star Landscaping & Design — Tavlee (https://tavlee.com/contractor/star-landscaping-and-design-south-yarmouth) Source: https://tavlee.com/contractor/star-landscaping-and-design-south-yarmouth