Service Area · Bucks County
Levittown properties share a specific history — built at once, in the early 1950s, on ground graded all at the same time. Seventy years later that shared history produces a very consistent set of problems.
Levittown is not a municipality; it spreads across Bristol Township, Falls Township, Middletown Township and Tullytown, in the alphabetically named sections that anyone from here can recite — Birch Valley, Crabtree Hollow, Dogwood Hollow, Elderberry Pond, and the rest. What matters for landscaping is that the houses went up between 1952 and 1958 on uniform lots, and every one of those lots was graded to the same original plan.
Seventy years of settling
That original grading sent water away from the house. On a great many properties it no longer does. Seven decades of soil settling, plus added patios, extended driveways, sheds, raised beds and fill brought in for one project or another, have quietly reversed the slope around the foundation on lot after lot.
This is the single most common real problem we find in Levittown, and it is frequently the thing underneath the problem people actually call about. The wet corner of the lawn that will not grow grass, the mulch that washes out of the front bed every storm, the basement that takes water in a heavy rain — very often one grading issue producing three symptoms. Fixing the grade is usually cheaper than any of the individual remedies people try first.
Compacted soil, and small lots
Levittown lots are compact, which means every part of the lawn gets walked on, and the underlying clay compacts hard. Compacted clay sheds water rather than absorbing it, which makes the drainage picture worse and starves the grass roots of air. Annual core aeration does more for a Levittown lawn than almost anything else you could spend the same money on.
Small lots also mean scale discipline in planting. The most common mistake here is a nursery shrub that looks right at three feet and reaches ten, swallowing the front of the house within a decade. A large share of the foundation plantings in these sections are now well past that point, and renovation pruning over two seasons will frequently bring them back for a fraction of what replacement costs.
Original trees, at the end of their run
Many of the trees planted when these neighborhoods were built are now seventy years old and reaching the end of their reasonable service life — particularly the silver maples, which were planted enthusiastically, grow fast, and drop limbs as they age. It is worth having them looked at honestly: some have decades left, and some are a wind event away from being on the roof.
Common questions about Levittown
Why is my yard suddenly wet when it never used to be?
On a Levittown lot it is almost always grade. Seventy years of settling, plus whatever has been added to the property since, has changed where water goes. It is usually fixable, and usually more cheaply than people expect.
My shrubs have swallowed the front of the house. Replace or prune?
Try pruning first. Most of the shrubs used in these neighborhoods take staged renovation pruning well, and you keep seventy years of root system that a new plant needs a decade to match.
Do you work in all the Levittown sections?
Yes — across Bristol Township, Falls Township, Middletown and Tullytown. All of it is within our radius.
What We Promise in Levittown
- We answer the phone. Miss us and you hear back the same day.
- Written estimate within one business day of walking your property.
- A message the day before every scheduled visit.
- Something not right? We come back — no argument, no charge for the trip.
Where we usually start
- Drainage & Grading in Levittown
- Lawn Care & Maintenance in Levittown
- Tree & Shrub Care in Levittown
- Landscape Design & Installation in Levittown
- Patios, Walkways & Walls in Levittown
- Mulch & Bed Maintenance in Levittown
- Spring & Fall Cleanups in Levittown
- Snow & Ice Management in Levittown
- Irrigation & Sprinklers in Levittown
- Sod & Lawn Renovation in Levittown
- Outdoor Lighting in Levittown
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Landscaping in Levittown, done properly
Most of what we find here is one grading problem wearing three disguises, and we would rather stand on the lot and show you which. Free walk-through, and a written estimate within one business day.