Highly, highly recommend! Working with Wollaston Development was an absolute delight. They took my…read moretired-looking home and gave it a major glow-up: beautiful landscaping, a smart irrigation system, and a functional & stunning paver patio that's perfect for get-togethers or relaxing. They also applied white stucco, which turned out phenomenal and instantly modernized the exterior and made it feel charming. From the very first meeting to the final walkthrough, the team was friendly, communicative, and professional. Every crew member--whether planting shrubs, laying patio pavers, putting down sod, installing irrigation lines, or applying stucco--showed genuine care and impeccable attention to detail. If you're looking for top-notch landscaping, hardscaping, or a full exterior renovation, Wollaston Development is the crew you want on your side. They made the whole process easy, fun, and the results speak for themselves!

I am beyond pleased with the beautiful new patio Wollaston Development created for me. From the…read moreinitial design phase to completion, Mike and his team were professional, courteous and very receptive to any questions or ideas I presented making it feel like a collaborative project I am very pleased with the quality of Wollaston's workmanship and would definitely recommend them for your new project. Thank you Mike and crew!!

We didn't actually use these guys for our landscaping job, but only because the company we chose…read morewas able to offer us extensive landscape design services. But having dealt with many contractors over the years I wanted to leave a review anyway because these guys did everything right, even though they didn't win the bid. Orli missed my call but called back within half an hour. He was easy to work with, he showed up early for our appointment, he wore a mask, and he had a written quote to me within 48 hours. As far as pricing, he was very competitive vs the company we went with, priced about the same on some items and as much as 20% cheaper on others. I would have no hesitancy using him in the future. If you know what you want done and don't need a full blown landscape design, give him a call!

Update- his team did come to replace the dead plants after I posted this review, the ones he put in…read moredo look in much better shape.

I would like to make a strong recommendation to this company. Although I can't speak of there work,…read moreI can speak of the owners character. I was in a store a few moments ago and my card was declined and I had left my other one at home. He instantly offered to pay, and told me to pay it forward. His business is being forced to shut down tomorrow and he still found the time to show kindness. Thank you sir and good luck to you. we need more of this.

Stay away from this company. They give out estimates that are over 100% low. They try to lure you…read morein and then take advantage of the homeowner. To make matters worse they then make up reasons for the additional charges and are incapable to listening to logic. STAY AWAY!!!!

Sent an online request for some spring season work to JR Landscaping…read more Matt followed up with a written proposal and scheduled the work promptly. Work was performed as proposed and very happy with the results. Will use again.

I rarely leave a review like this, but after months of emails, photographs, multiple return visits,…read moreand repeated opportunities for JR's Landscaping to correct this job, I feel other customers should know about our experience. What makes this especially disappointing is that we were repeat customers. JR's Landscaping completed a large project for us last year and did a very good job. That experience is exactly why we trusted them enough to hire them again this year. Unfortunately, this experience could not have been more different. We paid $2,563 for this landscaping job, and our concerns are not simply that we "didn't like" the finished product. We have an extensive photographic and written record showing the instructions provided, the work performed, the condition in which the property was left, and our repeated attempts to have the problems corrected. Our agreement included work involving our raised garden bed, removal of mint, fresh loam, a heavy-duty weed barrier, mulch, edging and weeding, as well as relocating bushes and other landscaping work. We were extremely specific about what we wanted. In fact, before the work began, I went so far as to number the individual bushes and photograph where each one was supposed to be relocated. We also clearly identified plants that were NOT to be removed. Despite that, the crew removed plants they had specifically been instructed to leave alone. The most upsetting of those were my deceased mother's poppies. I had explicitly communicated multiple times that those poppies were to stay. They weren't simply landscaping plants to me. My mother adored those poppies, and they held tremendous sentimental value. When I arrived at the property, the crew had dug them out and put them in the trash. Workers retrieved what scraps they could from the trash pile, and I was left hoping that perhaps something would survive so I could preserve even a small piece of the beautiful poppies my mother grew. Money can replace mulch, loam and landscaping. It cannot replace something sentimental belonging to someone you have lost, particularly when the company was explicitly told not to remove it. Unfortunately, that was far from the only problem. Our photographs show areas where bushes were removed and the property was left with bare and disturbed soil, leaves, debris and unfinished beds rather than being properly restored. Tom had an employee fix this issue. Landscape edging and debris was left crooked, displaced and out of alignment. Rocks and other material were left rather than being properly cleaned up. Some of the mulch was extremely thin or nonexistent in areas. Weed barrier was left visibly exposed. Tom had an employee address the edging as well. And unbelievably, their trash was left lodged in one of our trees. These aren't subjective complaints about whether we personally like a particular landscaping style. These are visible conditions that we photographed. The raised garden bed became another ongoing problem. The mint was supposed to be removed, fresh loam added, and a heavy-duty weed barrier installed. Yet after the initial work, we questioned whether the mint had actually been properly dug out. We contacted the owner and provided photographs of the problems. To his credit, he personally came to the property, saw the condition of the work, and asked us to send him photographs documenting everything that needed attention. We did. On June 12, we were told someone would be sent to address the issues. When I continued questioning whether the mint had actually been properly removed, the owner checked with his crew. On June 23, he acknowledged in writing that his crew had not completely dug out the mint in the raised garden area and said a crew would be sent back to take care of it. We gave them another opportunity to fix it. Weeks later, we were still dealing with the same problem. On July 13, we were again told someone was being sent over to dig out the remaining mint in the raised garden bed. Once again, we gave the company an opportunity to correct the work. The person who came back spent much of his time walking around on his phone, picked/pulled mint from the area rather than addressing the underlying issue as we understood it was supposed to be addressed, and moved mulch back over the area. Now the mint has fully grown back. The weed barrier that was supposed to help prevent this is visible throughout portions of the garden. The mulch is practically nonexistent in areas, and the raised bed was not filled with loam to the level we had discussed. So after the original crew, the owner's personal inspection, photographs documenting the problems, and multiple subsequent visits supposedly intended to correct the work, we are essentially back where we started with the mint.

We first became aware of The Narrow Lane through a cold call when we were looking for a landscaper…read morefor our front yard back in the fall of 2024. We contacted a number of companies and it was The Narrow Lane and Jeremy that we seemed to connect with. A couple of months later, right after Thanksgiving, we were the proud owners of a beautifully landscaped yard. I will admit that I was dubious about putting in all those mature plantings at that time of the year but Jeremy assured us that they would be fine and he was right--we had an amazing Spring of blooms and the excitement of experiencing new plants appearing in the yard. The quality of work and attention to detail caused us to go back to The Narrow Lane again last Spring to do a total renovation and redesign of our back yard. While we were impressed by the quality of work and attentiveness to detail that we experienced with the first project we were absolutely blown away with what Jeremy, Matt, and The Narrow Lane were able to deliver for the backyard. It is truly a work of art and we are so happy that not only did we re-engage with The Narrow Lane for this project but that we gave them complete control over the design and implementation. Neighbors now stop by to explore the yard and we are known in the area as "that house with the amazing landscaping". Based on these landscaping experiences over the past year we have now also contracted with The Narrow Lane to maintain the gardens and yard during the growing season as well as to provide us with snowplowing and shoveling in the winter. I will admit that they are not inexpensive to work with but the prices are totally justified by the quality of work, the care and attention that they have brought to everything that they do, and their continuing care that they bring to our property. We have found everyone from the company that we have engaged with to be consummate professionals that bring a new level of care and respect to the properties they take on as projects. If you are looking for an exciting and complete re-imagination of your property and then professionals to maintain it throughout the year you can't do better than The Narrow Lane.

I would not do business with this company again…read more We hired one of their landscape designers to create a redesign for our front yard and paid a substantial fee for the design. Our contract specifically stated that we were not required to hire the company to perform the installation work and that the designer would revise the design based on our feedback. The designer visited the property, evaluated the site, and later scheduled a Zoom meeting to present the design. During the meeting, the company owner joined the call. After the designer finished presenting the plan, I started to provide my first piece of feedback but the owner cut me off before I could finish and stated that the design phase was complete and that I would need to hire the company to perform the installation if I wanted any changes made. The interaction was unexpected and inconsistent with my understanding of the contract. The designer appeared uncomfortable, and I found the owner's tone rude, unfriendly, and intimidating. What should have been a collaborative discussion about minor revisions became an unpleasant experience.

Don't use this contractor! He does not pay his bills! Did a job on their trucks and will not pay…read morehis bill. His trucks are driving around and working, won't answer his phone. Not someone to do business with!

It is one star because that is the lowest possible. I am surprised that there are two five start…read morereviews for this business. He took my full money but did not complete job. When he first looked at the job he suggested cleaning patio, all steps in the front and stone work in the front. He also mentioned fixing a blue stone step in the front and brick steps at the back both of which had safety risk. He also mentioned to reset the steps in the front and he gave a total estimate. 1. Several days later when he sent written estimate he kept the amount same but dropped fixing blue stone patio at the front. He claimed that original estimate did not have that. I thought that is absurd but I accepted to pay some more. 2. In the "last day" (since he still did not finish work) he said they completed the work and remaining money needs to be paid. I showed two things. (i) Resetting of the steps in the front was not even. He "explained" that is because in the front he left out circular part untouched, the remaining resetting resulted unevenness. Should not he explain before the job and or suggest that small circular part needs to be retested too? At that point hardly anything could be done. (ii) He did not clean part of the stone work and bottom of some of the steps. He said that he would come back and do that. He said it is "word of honor" he would come back on Wednesday (he was saying this on Sunday). I was misled by 5 star reviews that he had and also he is great talkeer. I paid him remaining balance. HE NEVER CAME BACK. When I inquired on Wednesday he said he would come over weekend. When I called him Saturday afternoon he did not pick the phone. When I called him again he texted to stop calling him repeatedly and he will come back on Sunday (i.e. technically last day of the weekend). After waiting ~two more weeks I mentioned to him I will share reviews in various posts (yelp, google etc. and let my neighbors etc. know) he immediately texted back and said he would come next day. I did not post, next day he texted again saying he would come over the weekend. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN EITHER. I simply think that scams like this misleads people and creates lack of trust in craiglist, yelp etc. which otherwise can be great source of getting service and promoting small and independent business. Hence my posting is here. Anyone can make there own judgement whether or not to do business with this guy (Marco).

I am not sure what these reviews reflect but I had quite a different experience. To start my patio…read moreproject I called about 7 contractors because lately only so many call you back. My correspondence with Jackie their office support was fantastic comparing against others. She was quick on email and I had an appt booked for an estimate within a week or two as it was spring and the weather was getting nice. Joey showed up, took a video, and I had my estimate in hand in a day. He listened to exactly the look and product I wanted used. It was not an easy cookie cutter patio. Their price was in line with the other 3 estimates I got back for the same project. The project started fast because it was going to be a 4 day job so they fit it into a slot of space they had. Within another week or two they had the crew come excavate my backyard patio area and demo my walkway that was concrete and needing replacement. The excavating team was about 5-6 guys and they worked quick to go deep for the patio. Next day they were installing the paver I chose which was a Unilock Copthorne paver. It had to be hand blended and I wanted a herringbone pattern. The backyard patio was a 90 degree herringbone and the walkway was a 45 degree herringbone. Both came out fantastic. His guys were so good especially the ones they are blending and wet sawing all the edges. They work so well together and their team is really professional. I would highly recommend them for your backyard needs like patios, walkways, bbq, fire pits, hardscaping etc.

Do not hire this company. They didn't complete their job, and over priced. I was introduced to the…read moremanager over seeing my brick walkway. I never saw him again. I made them tear it up and redo it. I have pictures how they laid the brick originally. Also in my contract said they were supposed to put polymeric sand down to hold the bricks in place. They put down play ground sand which is like salt.. Beware!!

Jim's crew did some bluestone patio work for me. While initially easy to work with, the…read moreworkmanship was not only poor. Nearly the entire patio is off and uneven, with stones lifting up and creating tripping hazards. Worst of it is that I have not been able to even get a call back to discuss them correcting the problems. They clearly do not stand by their work. I'd look elsewhere.

James and team did a great job and I would highly recommend them. They repaired brickwork and…read morefixed porch to code and added pavers.