nick martin landscape - Escondido, California

David G.

I paid Nick Martin of Nick Landscape Artistry $375 for a landscaping consultation with the clear understanding—confirmed over text and phone—that I would receive a layout or draft of my yard with specific plant placement recommendations.

What I received instead was a handful of generic online product links—nothing resembling the service we agreed on. There was no layout, no plan, and absolutely no value provided for the money I spent. I followed up and gave him the opportunity to make things right, but he did not take any responsibility or provide the deliverables we discussed.

This felt like a bait-and-switch. Nick did not take the consultation seriously and failed to deliver even the most basic level of professional service. I would not trust this business again and cannot recommend him to anyone looking for reliable or honest landscaping advice.

Save your time and money—look elsewhere.

Diane B.

I almost never write a review but felt it necessary to help people make an informed decision when shopping around for a backyard design company and considering this individual for hire.
1. This is NOT a company with all of the safeguards and protections that go with that but rather a solitary elderly gentleman approximately 75-80+ years old that requires a cash payment through zello. In other words, you have no protection for your investment through a credit card or company if he were to die or as in our case not deliver on the product we thought we were purchasing. You money disappears without recourse and believe me, once he has your cash you can forget a refund.
2. To add to point number 1, Nick is not able to deliver a modern product that is standard with other professional design services such as providing a 3d rendering of your project. Almost anyplace else will provide this for less than what you pay him for a flat drawing that is VERY hard to visualize the end result.
3. Read through his documentation before signing and paying and be sure you understand the services he CANNOT provide because he will not explain that to you as a non-construction consumer. He cannot provide a design for structures attached to the home, you will have to pay a separate company to do that for which you can hire a firm that CAN for far less than Nick will charge you for a 2D landscape drawing.
4. He overcharges for his services, shop around. You can get far better a far better product elsewhere.
5. Finally, this guy is retired and super hard to contact (read other reviews) for an appointment and once he has your money, even harder to respond or read your emails.

Just make sure you shop around and know what your getting before hiring this individual, we lost money and a couple months of our time messing with this guy. VERY frustrating.