Landscaping and masonry in Millwood, NY
Millwood is minutes from our Mount Kisco yard, the quieter side of New Castle around the Route 100 and 120 corner. Wooded hills, older houses, and ground that holds more water than it looks like it should.
Family-owned and operated
Written scope and price
Our own crew
Services we offer
Services available in Millwood.
Masonry and outdoor construction
Landscaping and planting
Property care and seasonal work
Recent work
Wooded hills around Echo Lake
Millwood grew up around mills, a rail line and the streams that fed both. The rail bed is the North County Trailway now, but the streams still shape the yards: low corners that stay soft into June, slopes that shed water onto the neighbor below, and woods that creep into any lawn left unattended.
We work with that ground weekly. Lawn where lawn makes sense, beds and stone where it does not, and the wooded edge held where you want it.
Wet yards and where the water goes
A lot of Millwood drainage calls start the same way: the yard is fine until it rains, then one corner is a pond for three days. The streams and the grade explain it, and the fix starts uphill of the puddle.
Regrading, downspout extensions and swales solve more here than pipe does, and where a French drain or dry well is the answer we place the discharge deliberately. New Castle regulates wetlands, buffers and steep-slope work, and we route projects so they stay inside those lines.
Stone that suits older homes
Between the hamlet's older housing stock and the historic district over on Quaker Road, Millwood hardscape looks best in fieldstone, bluestone and brick rather than bright catalog pavers. Walls, walks, stoops and patios all get built on a compacted base with drainage planned in, because freeze and thaw is what actually destroys stonework here.
Resets and repairs are steady work in this hamlet. Heaved walks and leaning walls usually go back together with the stone already on site.
Every job here starts the same way: a twenty-minute walkthrough and a written price.
Year-round care for commuter households
Most Millwood accounts are seasonal contracts: weekly mowing, spring and fall cleanups, gutters cleared under the oaks, and snow after that. One crew and one phone number, all year.
That matters in a hamlet where most owners are out the door early. The yard gets handled whether anyone is home or not, and Nelson picks up when you call.
What affects the price in Millwood
Water, slope and access set the number here more than lot size does.
Common factors:
- Drainage scope and discharge planning
- Wetland-buffer review before ground opens
- Resetting older stone versus new material
- Bed renovation under mature canopy
- Seasonal contract versus one-time visits
- Staging room on hillside lots
How the estimate works
- 1Tell us what you need
- 2Walk the property with Nelson
- 3Receive a written scope and price
- 4Schedule the work
Common questions
If yours is not here, call (914) 486-3682. Someone answers seven days a week.
Usually. We start uphill of the wet spot: grade, downspouts, and where the water enters. Surface fixes handle many yards here, and where pipe is needed we build it deep enough to matter and discharge it somewhere legal and sensible.
Yes. Millwood is part of the Town of New Castle, which regulates wetlands, buffers and steep-slope disturbance. Nelson flags anything needing review at the walkthrough, before the crew is scheduled.
Both, every week. They are two sides of the same town and we are based one hamlet away in Mount Kisco. Chappaqua has its own page with more detail.
Fieldstone, bluestone and brick, mostly. The goal is stonework that looks like it has always been there, which is a material choice as much as a build choice.
Plants that hold up to northern Westchester browsing, chosen bed by bed. We are direct at the estimate about what will not survive without protection.
It depends on water, slope, access and scope. There is no flat rate without seeing the ground. Nelson walks the property and leaves a written scope and price. The visit is free. Call (914) 486-3682.
What clients say
Baudi consistently does an awesome job for us. They are very reliable and efficient, and Nelson is great to work with.
Consistently reliable, on schedule every week for mowing and maintenance. My lawn looks neat, healthy and professionally cared for.
Free on-site estimate
Twenty minutes on site, a written price.
Send a few details and we will come out, measure, and leave you with a written price. No fee, no sales visit, no pressure to sign anything that day.
Prefer to talk? Call (914) 486-3682 or text a photo of the area. Open seven days, 7 AM – 7 PM.
- Phone
- (914) 486-3682
- Hours
- Monday to Sunday, 7 AM – 7 PM
Request received.
Nelson or someone on the crew will call you within 24 hours to set up the walkthrough. If it is urgent, call (914) 486-3682 and you will get a person.