Steve's Services Landscaping & Snow Removal

Steve Sylva has run landscaping crews out of Malden for a long time — the company says it started more than 20 years ago as Steve's Lawn Care Services before Sylva rebranded it Steve's Services, and self-reports 29 years in business. He's still owner-operated, on site for almost every job, covering towns from Malden and Everett out to Burlington, Danvers, Reading and Woburn. The reviews back up that longevity: a 5.0-star Google average and a Better Business Bureau A+ grade, with five-star reviews running from 2022 through this year. Several clients describe hiring Steve's for years running — a 2024 review cites three seasons, another cites three years, and a third describes a full yard clean-out plus biweekly cleanups across two consecutive seasons. One 2024 reviewer put it plainly: 'there are landscapers and there are lawn cutters and they are true landscapers.' Turnaround comes up often, too — a 2024 review describes a 24-hour span from quote to completed job, and a 2025 review says a sprinkler-line blowout was handled within two hours of calling. Beyond routine lawn care, French drains show up repeatedly: a 2025 review, a 2024 review, and a 2023 review each describe one installed in a yard, the 2023 reviewer calling it 'a difficult French drain problem.' Bigger hardscape jobs appear too — a 2025 review describes a paver patio, retaining wall and new grass finished before a family event, and a 2024 review describes excavating a 30-foot area and laying the base for a patio and retaining wall. One thing worth asking about directly: the Google rating counts in the record don't line up cleanly — one snapshot shows 45 ratings, a more recent one shows 8 — which points to more than one Google listing for the business rather than a drop in reviews. It's a strong call for ongoing lawn care as well as one-off jobs like drainage or a small hardscape project — confirm current pricing and scheduling, and ask which crew and timeline apply to your specific job.