Utility Box Landscaping - U/G Considerations

You mean like in the front by the street or sidewalk?

If so, take a look around your neighborhood and see what others have done. At least leave space around them for technicians to access and worm or they’ll destroy your planets to get to them to work.

If the boxes are adjacent to any unbuilt lots, I would probably wait til that’s done or not spend much money around them as the utilities will dig up around them to make connections s.

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At least leave space around them for technicians to access and worm or they’ll destroy your planets to get to them to work.

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The HOA for this subdivision actually has a rule that residents MUST obscure the telephone/internet/cable cox and all electrical boxes. The older original homes have the boxes completely covered by plants and fences.

You are absolutely correct in that the repairs will take out all the hard work and maintenance performed to get at the affected equipment. They won’t even knock on the door to notify the owner that the yard is going to be torn up.


The HOA is not doing any enforcement of the HOA rules and basically just maintains the streets in the neighborhood. They also require a brick mailbox which when our box got knocked down by a neighbor down the street and didn’t pay for the repair, found out can’t small claims them due to brick mailboxes are illegal under state law. The crasher could sue US for the damage to their car instead!