Academy-grade grounds and Federal estates on the Shawsheen. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry hand-builds patios across Andover and North Shore — set on glacial till with ledge on the higher ground, matched to its Federal and colonial estates plus campus-grade grounds around Phillips Academy, and built to outlast the New England freeze-thaw.
Problems We Solve
Common patios problems in Andover — solved.
A patio that heaves, settles, or pops its joints every winter.
That’s a base that was never engineered. We excavate to depth, compact in lifts, and pitch it to drain so it stays dead flat.
Plenty of yard, but no real outdoor room.
We design the terrace, seat walls, and fire feature as one space, built around how you’ll actually use it.
Pavers that already look tired.
Full-color bluestone and granite over a proper base outlast pavers and only look better with age.
Planning patios in Andover? Call (508) 922-1836 or request your free quote — most consultations are booked within a business day.
Patios in Andover, done right
Andover’s academy grounds set the standard for stonework in this town — walls and walks built to institutional quality, and that is how we build them.
We routinely build patios straight from a landscape architect’s plan, often alongside Jonathan Keep Landscape Design, and give you a real schedule up front — then keep it.
Stone chosen for a Andover home
Full-color bluestone, thermal or natural cleft, granite, irregular flagstone — each carries a different mood. We help you choose the stone and pattern that belong to the Federal and colonial estates plus campus-grade grounds around Phillips Academy of Andover, then dry-lay and adjust on site so the cuts at the edges and around features look intentional, not left over.
Fire features, seat walls, steps, and lighting are designed in from the start, so the finished space reads as one outdoor room rather than a patio with add-ons — whether it sits in Andover Center, Shawsheen Village, and Phillips Academy or anywhere in town.
Where the stone comes from
We buy from New England quarries and yards we have used for years, and we hand-pick rather than take a pallet sight unseen. For Andover, that usually means matching color and texture to the Federal and colonial estates plus campus-grade grounds around Phillips Academy already on the street.
Beyond Andover
Andover sits in Essex County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of North Shore — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.
Budgeting patios in Andover
Two properties on the same Andover street can differ by a third in price, and it is almost never the stone. It is access for machines, the base depth glacial till with ledge on the higher ground calls for, how much water has to be managed, and whether existing planting has to be protected while we work.
You get an itemized scope after we walk the property — what is included, what is not, and where the money actually goes. No allowances that quietly become change orders halfway through.
Questions
Patios in Andover, answered.
Yes. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry builds patios throughout Andover — from Andover Center, Shawsheen Village, and Phillips Academy — and across North Shore, and has since 2008. We’re licensed and insured, we work across Massachusetts, and we build from architectural plans with millimeter precision.
Rolling hills along the Shawsheen with large estate and campus parcels on glacial till with ledge on the higher ground. That governs how we found and drain everything we build here — a proper base and drainage go in before a single stone is set, which is what keeps Andover stonework flat, plumb, and intact through freeze-thaw.
For the homes we work on, natural bluestone and granite win on longevity and character; concrete pavers win on upfront price. We are happy to build either, but we will tell you honestly which one fits the look you are after.
Usually, yes. We hand-select from regional yards to match color, cleft, and scale against what is already on the property — which matters in Andover, where the Federal and colonial estates plus campus-grade grounds around Phillips Academy tend to be added to over time rather than replaced.
Request a Consultation
Planning patios in Andover?
Tell us about your property. We’ll walk the site, talk materials, and give you a clear plan — most consultations are booked within a business day.
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