Thunder Landscaping Corporation

Thunder Landscaping Corporation is a Chelsea landscaping and hardscape crew that's been doing yard work, cleanups and walkway installs around the Boston area for about eight years, according to its BBB filing. The reviews consistently point to one person running the jobs — a foreman or point of contact named Anthony, who quotes work, shows up with a crew, and gets thanked by name in review after review; the company's BBB registration lists the owner as Ronald A Melendez-Martinez, so it isn't clear from the record whether that's the same person under a different name. The written record is long and, on the work itself, mostly strong. A 2022 review describes the crew tearing out an old walkway and surrounding concrete slabs in Hyde Park, leveling the lawn, adding loam, and putting in a new walkway — the kind of hardscape project that shows up alongside the more routine mowing, shrub trimming and seasonal cleanups reviewers describe from 2021 through this year. The recurring theme in the positive reviews is responsiveness: Anthony quoting a job the same day he's contacted, showing up early, and pricing fairly — several reviewers specifically call out getting multiple estimates and picking Thunder anyway. But there's a real pattern worth knowing before booking, and it isn't about the quality of the work itself — it's about how the crew treats the people around the job. Google reviews from 2021 through mid-2026 repeatedly describe trucks double-parking and blocking neighbors' driveways, crews blowing leaves and debris onto adjacent yards, and one neighbor citing Arlington's bylaw against weekend and gas-powered leaf-blower use by name. A February 2026 review describes being nearly run off the road by a company truck and trailer driven erratically. And one direct customer, writing in 2022 about a job that started in 2019, said the owner grew confrontational by 2020 and they ended the relationship the following year. That split shows up in the ratings too: Angi and HomeAdvisor both average 4.8 from over 100 reviews each, and Thumbtack sits at 4.8 from 302 ratings, but Google — where several of the neighbor complaints landed — is noticeably lower at 3.3 from 21 ratings. Thunder looks like a strong, fairly priced choice for lawn care, cleanups and hardscape work, and the walkway and yard-transformation reviews back that up. Anyone in a tight neighborhood, though, should ask directly about parking, debris control and crew conduct before the trucks show up.