Serving Middleboro, MA
Patios, natural stone, driveways and walls for Middleboro properties, where most homes have a well, a septic system and room to build.
Middleboro is the second-largest town in Massachusetts by area, close to 70 square miles of land, and most of it is rural. Outside the town center, homes run on private wells and septic systems. Lots tend to be generous, which gives a patio, a pool or a long driveway room to breathe, as long as it stays clear of what is buried in the yard.
CJ Pickering Enterprises works in Middleboro from our base in South Easton. We build patios, lay natural stone, install paver driveways and retaining walls, and pave asphalt driveways and lots.
The town’s open space plan says public water and sewer serve the center and a few spurs off it, and the rest of Middleboro relies on private wells and septic. Before a patio or pool is placed, the tank, the leach field, the reserve area and the well all have to be on the plan.
The Health Department is where to ask for the septic records on your property.
The whole town was shaped by glaciers. It has no more than about 100 feet of relief, with flat outwash plains, kettle ponds and poorly drained low spots; Barden Hill, at 191 feet, is the highest point. Level ground makes patios and driveways simpler to grade, but it also means water has nowhere obvious to go.
On a flat lot we set the pitch of the surface and the outlet for the runoff before anything else. The Nemasket River and the Assawompset ponds are the big named waters, but smaller wet areas turn up on many lots.
Middleboro’s zoning has a Water Resource Protection District. On a lot inside it, covering more than 25 percent with impervious surface is prohibited, and a change that takes a lot past 15 percent needs a special permit and a system that puts the runoff back into the ground.
A small part of town near Carver also sits over the Plymouth-Carver Aquifer. Check the district map with the Building Department before you plan a large paved area.
A new driveway or entrance onto a town way needs a written permit from the Select Board. On the town’s scenic roads, which include Plymouth Street and Summer Street, taking down a stone wall or a tree in the right-of-way gets its own review.
Building permits are filed through the town’s online permitting system.
Town rules change. We last checked these against Middleboro’s own pages in October 2026, so confirm with the town before you build.
Taunton, MAA Taunton waterfront hillside steps down from a paver driveway to the home through terraced retaining walls, long stair runs, and paved landings framed by lawn and stone.
Pembroke, MAA Pembroke waterfront home opens onto bluestone patios, with broad stone steps, lawn paths, and planted beds connecting sheltered seating to the surrounding landscape.
North Easton, MAA North Easton backyard pairs a covered kitchen and bar with a paver lounge patio, raised planting beds, and a circular fire-pit area at the lawn’s edge.
We did not find one in the town code when we checked in October 2026; the state Wetlands Protection Act is what applies, administered by the Conservation Commission. Work within 100 feet of a wetland, or 200 feet of a river, still needs the Commission’s review, so ask before you build near water.
Not overnight without a sticker. The town bans street parking from midnight to 6 a.m., November 1 to May 1, except for cars with a town Parking Ban Sticker, and no car may be on the street during a snow event. It is a reason many owners here widen the driveway or add a parking pad.
Outside the Water Resource Protection District, the residential zoning table sets yard setbacks and not a paving percentage. Inside the district, 25 percent impervious is the ceiling and anything past 15 percent needs a special permit. The district map decides which rule you are under.
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