In town properties need a light touch
Somerville is the Somerset County seat, and the borough is built accordingly: smaller lots, older houses, mature street trees and driveways you can reach across. A big machine has no business on most of these properties, and a crew that treats them like open acreage leaves damage behind.
We work these lots with smaller equipment, hand trim what the mower cannot reach and blow every hard surface clean, including the sidewalk that belongs to the whole block.
Storefronts and small commercial
Downtown businesses get judged on their frontage before anyone reads the sign. Planter beds, a swept and washed sidewalk, trimmed shrubs at the entrance: those small things carry a lot of weight on a walkable street.
We handle storefront frontage maintenance and sidewalk and facade power washing for Somerville businesses, scheduled early so the work is finished before customers arrive.
Somerville services
- Mowing, string trimming and edging on smaller borough lots
- Mulch installation in front beds and tree pits
- Shrub and hedge trimming around older foundation plantings
- Spring cleanups and repeat fall leaf removal under mature street trees
- Power washing for siding, sidewalks, steps, patios and storefronts
- Seasonal planting and container color for homes and businesses
Old houses, old plantings
Victorian and early twentieth century homes in Somerville often carry plantings put in generations ago, now well past the size anyone intended. Yews grown into the porch and hedges wider than the walk are the usual case.
There is a real choice at that point: a staged hard cut over a season or two, or removal and a replant sized to the spot. We will tell you which one the plant can survive instead of taking the easier sale.
Getting on the schedule in Somerville
Call or text (848) 702-6937 and tell us the address and what you want handled. We look at the property, walk it with you when you are home, and send a price for the work rather than a vague range. Somerville is minutes from our Manville base, so scheduling here is quick.
Estimates are free. Nothing starts until you say yes to a number you have seen in writing.
Common questions from Somerville homeowners
- Do you maintain Main Street business frontage?
- Yes. Planter beds, entrance shrubs and sidewalk or facade power washing are all work we do for Somerville storefronts, usually on an early morning schedule.
- My lot is tiny. Is it worth calling?
- Yes. Small borough lots are a good fit for us because we are close by. Call (848) 702-6937 and we will price it honestly.
- Can you clean the sidewalk in front of my house?
- Yes. Concrete sidewalks and steps clean up well with the right pressure and a proper surface cleaner rather than a wand that leaves stripes.
- Do you remove leaves from street trees in fall?
- We do. Mature street trees drop over several weeks, so fall service runs as repeat visits rather than one late pass.