Marco Bros / Service area / Chevy Chase
Century-old homes under a tree canopy. Landscape lighting that respects the architecture, irrigation that respects the trees, and remodeling that keeps the character.
The houses in Chevy Chase were mostly built in the 1910s through the 1930s, and a lot of the trees are older than that. Working here is about not wrecking what is already good. Trenching for a sprinkler mainline means routing around root zones. Lighting means picking out a slate roofline or a stone porch, not blasting the whole front with a flood.
This is the town where facade wash and tree uplighting make the biggest difference. Old brick, arched windows, deep porches. We set low-voltage fixtures on site after dark and aim them so the light lands on the house and stops there. Path and step lights on the walk, a timer on the transformer, done.
Shade changes how much water a lawn wants. A Chevy Chase back yard under oaks is a different zone than the sunny front, and we program it that way. Drip in the beds keeps the foundation plantings watered without soaking the brick. If a system is already in, we start by walking every zone.
Kitchens in these houses were built for staff, not the family. Opening them up, updating a bath, finishing a basement, adding a deck or patio out back: all of it with one crew and a Maryland license, MHIC 105607.
Bethesda to the west, Silver Spring to the east, and the District at the bottom of the street. The rest of the list is on the service area page.
Yes, on both sides of the line, in Chevy Chase, MD and the DC neighborhood of the same name.
We route mainline around root zones and hand-dig where we have to. Tell us on the form which trees you are worried about.
One of the brothers calls the number you leave, then comes out. No charge for the visit.