Artisan Light & Landscape -

Marianna

I cannot say enough good things about Artisan Light and the owner T. He created a beautiful backyard based on our visions and basic descriptions. He is an artist and committed to his profession. It is evident that he takes pride in the quality of his work. More importantly he is familiar with the codes, appropriate drainage, and irrigation requirements. He worked with us on the costs and offered options to meet our budget guidelines. He does not corners or do the bare minimum. He is 100% consistent in his follow through, communication and guidance. He is familiar with HOA processes and guided us through the approval process. He and his assistants remain present on our landscaping project once they started until the completion. His assistants are polite and a pleasure to have around. He also followed up a few weeks after the completion to ensure that everything is as planned. T is genuine and honest. It is apparent that customer satisfaction is his priority.

Shiggy Yamada

Do your homework people. Go to the CSLB website. Make sure contractors you hire are licensed and insured. With the amount of investment that you are making for these type of projects, there's no way you want to go for the lowest bidder because those folks are most likely unlicensed and uninsured, and worse, cut corners with your work. I know few people that got screwed by their contractor because they didn't finish their job or did such poor job that they had to hire another contractor, basically coughing up double the amount as originally planned. Don't let that happen to you!

Enter Thomas aka "T" of Artisan Light & Landscape. Now, let me tell you that I did tremendous amount of research before I chose him. I'm crazy. I research the hell out of everything! After I researched about 30+ "reputable" contractors/lanscaping companies via Google, Yelp, CSLB, guys knocking on my door, left business cards and brochures at my door, and a neighbor referral to top it off, I narrowed my choices down to 5 and interviewed them in person.

I'll tell you what. T was BY FAR not only the most knowledgeable, but he was super responsive and worked with me in designing a customized front yard that was a bit different than a lot of these "cookie cutter" designs that a lot of these contractors draw up, using the same materials from their previous jobs so they save money! We wanted our yard to look a bit different and small details meant a lot for us. T is very patient and super service-oriented, really focused to making sure that we were happy with everything at the end of the day. This type of service and care is absolutely rare in this industry. He also is a plant expert and will even provide you with a list of all the plants that will thrive in this climate. He also even offered to pickup our Plumeria tree from a nursery that was an hour away, so that we didn't have to.

We wanted our design to be a little bit different and we accomplished that with T. Without any hesitation, I would recommend T for all of your landscaping needs. Oh, and he's also very reasonable with his pricing for the quality of work that he and his team delivers. He will not be the cheapest or the most expensive as some contractors are also out there to rip you off.

After he is done with the project, during the last meeting, he will also provide you with all the instructions and suggestions to keep in mind to keep your yard in top shape! He even gave us a pruning lesson and even went out of his way to prune our out-of-control olive tree in the backyard for us. There are so much more stuff here and there that T delivered to make this experience an absolutely spectacular one, but this review is already getting too long and I'm getting tired of typing via phone, so just call him already! T is the man! T is also super detail-oriented, honest, hardworking, reliable, and just genuinely good guy. He and his team are the best!

T - thanks for everything. You sure have gained a lifelong customer out of us. Before & After pics are attached.

Studio Toto Studiototo

My neighbor recommended Artisan Light and Landscape to me. I waited for 2 months for him to install sprinkler system because I know he will do it right and I am sure glad I did!
He just finished installing automatic sprinkler system for my entire front and backyard. I have to say he is the BEST in the industry. He really delivers what he said and even more.
I am not a technology-savvy person and he patiently showed me how the system works and even helped me install a new modem that is compatible with the sprinkler system.
He stands behind his words and gives full long-term support. My sprinkler system is now connected to the weather forecast; I even save on water bill during the rainy days and for most, I am no longer worried about the yard even if I am away from home. I can’t thank him enough and highly recommend him.

Timothy J Sheridan

In February 2020, we hired Artisan Light & Landscape to complete a major overhaul of our front and backyard at our home in Lake Elsinore. The job included designing the project, providing appropriate documents to our homeowners’ association (which was approved in our first submission), removing the previous landscaping, and installing the new landscaping, including a new lighting scheme.

From the start, the owner of Artisan Light and Landscape, Thomas, known as “T,” as well as his employees were amazing and easy to work with. At all times, they were pleasant, kind, polite, respectful and accommodating. Simply put, working with T and Artisan was a great experience.

All told, the project took about a month. What we especially liked about working with Artisan was the fact that T was onsite every day working with his employees. This made making small or large adjustments to our plans very easy. In fact, he would often make suggestions or ask whether we wanted something changed. More importantly, when we wanted a change, he bent over backwards to make it happen. When we had a concern, he would listen and respond accordingly.

For example, at the start of the project, we told T that we are very particular. He responded that he, too, was particular. Importantly for us, he was true to his word – which we greatly appreciated. For example, we had recently installed new fencing. We told T that we were concerned that the gate might get damaged during the course of the project. To alleviate our concerns, he took the extra precaution and wrapped it with bubble wrap to protect it. We truly appreciated that he did that. We were also concerned about a new front door that we had recently purchased and installed. He took appropriate measures to protect the front door as well. Finally, we have a pool and T kept the dust and debris from the work out of the pool during the whole course of the project.

As part of the project, we installed steps from the sidewalk to the front porch and replaced our existing front porch with pavers. T was very methodical in individually cutting and strategically placing each stone on both the steps and front porch. It was an exceptionally beautiful design. Because of his perfectionist nature and attention to detail, he made a change to the design on our porch which resulted in it being even better than we had ever anticipated. Equally important, he did not charge extra. In fact, throughout the project, he gave us a lot of little extras at no cost. He did not nickel and dime us. We appreciated that as well.

T also helped us in other ways. For example, we were having issues with a stucco wall which was not part of the project. When we asked him if he knew someone who could fix the stucco, he found us someone who did a great job at a reasonable price. After the work was finished, T happily took the time to paint the wall for us at no charge. It was above and beyond what he needed to do.

Let us also add that T and his employees cleaned up at the end of every day and left everything very tidy. We also appreciated that.

You should also know that we trusted T and his employees completely. We felt very comfortable with them being on our property at all times.

In sum, it was very obvious T has been doing this for a long time and knew what he was doing. We visualized what we wanted, but we never dreamed how beautiful our yard would be! While we can go on and on about how amazing his work is, let us just say that he greatly exceeded our expectations.

We had to wait a while before he could start because T and his employees are so good at what they do and quite busy. But, given that T was on OUR job every day until it was finished, coupled with the amazing work that he and his employees did, we can assure you that the wait is completely worth it!

Timothy J & Debbie Sheridan
Lake Elsinore

Travis Wolfe

T has been our “go to” landscape artist for a number of years now. In our most recent project, T designed and created a custom front yard patio for our home. We gave T a rough idea of what we were looking for and he used his artistic mastery to give us a beautiful patio for us to enjoy the mountain view and sunsets. The patio incorporates a custom S-curved seat wall made of Keystone Country Cottage stone. The patio area is composed of custom cut flagstone. The flagstone gaps were then filled with Arizona pea gravel bound with Gator Stone rock adhesive. Anchored on the patio corners are large Antique boulders matched to our existing front yard boulders. In addition, T created a stone base for a custom wood bench seat. T accented the patio and wall with fresh plants. As always, T gave us a very reasonable price and worked well with our input. His team worked tirelessly and always made sure the area was clean before leaving for the day. We look forward to having T continue his great artistry for our future landscape projects.

Joy Grant

Words cannot describe how pleased I am with the new sprinkler system utilizing Rachio timers.
Your detailed zone drawing and the new timers are exactly what I needed since buying this house over 5 years ago.
I'm not real techie, but I have been able to navigate through the system easily.
Thank you for suggesting this fantastic system and doing all the necessary steps to make it everything I had hoped for. In addition to the new sprinkler system, i have had beautiful lighting installed that frames the beauty of my home. I look forward to the future "Grove project" in the next couple of months.

Its always a pleasure doing business with such a professional team.

J. Grant
Fallbrook, Ca

Paula H

T - Artisan Light & Landscape provided design and vision beyond our own. We had a MASIVE project with updating a 30 yr. property, repairs, and then fire damage with the recent 10/9/17 fire. He, his excellent Team, and his right connections in the industry turned our home into a Resort Type Feel. They put in long day's everyday for 2 months. T's patience and professionalism with us has built a trust and friendship which we are happy to refer him to everyone.

Kenneth Williams

T provided cost o 1/3 hire than an electrician which he is not. Received arrogant response why he would not provide time and materials as all contractor do, he stated he sells a system! Below is his response:

Labor: I have three of my guys dedicated to this job and it is not just hours required to install the system, it is basically opportunity cost of them being at your house and missing out on a full day's pay if they were somewhere else. They will go work for someone else if they don't make enough through me and it is impossible to find help right now. No-one with any skills or brains wants to do this kind of work anymore. My cost for labor for those guys to be at your house for that one day is $825.00. These guys aren't grunts from the Home Depot parking lot, they are skilled and detailed.

-Workman's comp for me is 20% of gross payroll...part of labor cost above.