Trades Enterprises

Trades Enterprises, based in East Sandwich, handles the underground and heavy-site work that has to happen before a Cape Cod property can be built or fixed — septic systems, foundations, drainage, and grading. It describes itself as veteran-owned and operated, and lists demolition, earthwork, trenching, retaining walls, marine construction, and waterline/sewer work in its lineup, alongside landscaping and seasonal dock services. Its five Google reviews, all five stars, keep returning to the same theme: solving drainage and site problems other contractors wouldn't take on. One homeowner building on a 3-acre parcel describes the crew designing a dry well and groundwater recharge system plus a complicated stormwater layout after "other contractors came over and punted when they saw how complex it was" — delivered, the review says, with no hidden charges over a months-long build. Another hired the company for a full septic system, foundation work, and drainage engineering during a home addition in Falmouth. A third has been a repeat customer for five years, using the crew for two stone driveway installations, several land-leveling and grading jobs, and a new septic system design. The reviews consistently name the same point of contact, John, and describe the work in specific, technical terms rather than generic praise — one homeowner credits him with regrading a muddy yard and adding substrate to turn it into a usable, erosion-resistant landscape. Another says they've called on him for multiple jobs at a home and farm and describes him as on time and professional. The written record here is five reviews, all from 2025 — enough to show a real, repeat-hiring pattern on complex site work, but still a small sample. For a Cape Cod homeowner facing a septic, drainage, or grading job that's stumped someone else, the through-line in what customers have written is a crew that gets named specifically, not generically praised, for figuring out the technical part.