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Morning light across a wide mown lawn edged by trees

Two brothers, eleven people, one truck bay too few.

We build and look after outdoor space on the seacoast. The person who quotes your job is the one who shows up to build it.

One truck and a rented plate compactor.

Ray Marchetti laid stone for a masonry outfit in Newburyport for nine years, then went out on his own in 2011. That first season was walkways and small walls, whatever came in off a magnet on the truck door. His brother Nick joined the next spring to run planting and turf.

We moved to Islington Street in 2016, mostly because the excavator stopped fitting in a driveway. Most of the crew has been here five years or more. In this trade that is unusual, and it is the number we are proudest of.

A crew member setting pavers on a screeded base in the rain

Three things we will not cut

  • Base depth

    Twelve inches of compacted process under every patio, more where the soil is bad. Nobody ever sees it. It is why our work does not heave.

  • Straight answers

    If the budget does not cover what you are describing, you hear it on the first visit. We have talked plenty of people into the cheaper option.

  • The same faces

    We do not sub out the build. The crew in June is the crew you met in March, and they were standing there when it was discussed.

  • How a job goes

    Six steps, first call to the spring check, with honest timing on each.

    Our process

  • Where we work

    Every town we cover, and which routes we plow in the winter.

    Service area

  • Common questions

    Costs, timelines, guarantees, and what we will not take on.

    Read the FAQ

  • Work with us

    We hire in February. Year round, with plowing through the winter.

    Open roles

Come see what we would do with your yard.

Walkthroughs are free and book about a week out.

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