TJ's Landscaping & Property Maintenance

A Methuen operation that plows through the winter and keeps properties tidy the rest of the year. Its Better Business Bureau file dates the business to November 1997 — 28 years — and lists it as a sole proprietorship with six employees owned by Thomas and Lucy Jarek, doing property maintenance, landscaping and snow removal. The numbers sit mid-scale: 3.9 across 31 Google ratings, with Porch showing 4.2 from 27 aggregated reviews. That average hides a split, because the criticism that exists is not about taste or price. It is about what happens after something goes wrong. The most recent one, from March 2026, describes a crew pulling shrubs and doing front-yard maintenance, leaving the sprinklers broken, and then telling the homeowner it was not their responsibility when he called about it. Earlier complaints run in the same direction — unreturned calls, and a customer disputing charges for snow visits. The BBB has issued no letter grade at all, saying it does not have enough information to rate the business, and the company is not accredited. So: an established, long-running local outfit whose sharpest criticism concerns accountability rather than the work itself. If you hire them, put the scope and the billing terms in writing — particularly for a seasonal snow contract, where the disputes cluster — settle up front who pays if irrigation heads or plantings get damaged, and keep your own log of service dates.