Since the software used by this site moved my review to the "un-useful pile" I decided I needed to rewrite it with the hope that it is used for the protection of others. After 3 months of broken promises and excuses, Josh of Newman Landscapes and I have a date in court of minuscule claims (yes, I am speaking in code to avoid the "un-useful" pile). Don't be taken in and don't give any funds up front, he took several thousand and has only left my yard in shambles. The small amount of work done has been sloppy and ugly. The attitude unprofessional and lacking any type of customer service. There is no reason to use this company except as a charity if you feel the need to donate to those less fortunate. You have been warned! read more

This guy is amazing! He gave me a competitive bid, was on time for our appointments and he finished the job early! Once hired, Josh called to see if he could come a day early (on a Sunday!) "to get a jump start" as he said and then worked through an absolute downpour the next day to get it finished. His work is beautiful, he cuts no corners and does everything the right way, all the time maintaining top speed. read more

Josh is great - very reliable and trustworthy. Reliability is very important to me and its a surprisingly rare trait these days. Josh is there when he says he will be and checks in when needed. He also does great work of course and makes sure you get exactly what you want. He's done four projects for me over two years and i've been extremely happy with all the results (steps down my hill, rock wall that gave me more usable space, a complex fence and wood retaining wall). I would and have recommended Josh to others - he just completed a project for a friend and she was also very happy. read more

Please look to the link that allows you to see the reviews that aren't being considered. A number of unfavorable reviews are being hidden, and you really need to see the experience that we and others have had. Josh almost never showed up when he said he would, was constantly asking for advance payments in cash. In view of some of the other reviews I'm glad our project was essentially finished, albeit with problems. I sincerely felt for his personal difficulties, but he should not be taking on clients until he gets his business in order. read more

Josh has totally revamped my house. He put in a new few backyard fence, paint.. He then proceeded to put in steps to my tiered back yard making it more accessible. He has done a wonderful job painting my house and my back yard deck. My front gate is wrought iron and was beginning to show its age, Josh suggested that we paint it a glossy black to revive it. It looks great. He also replace a falling down wooden gate leading to my back yard and put in an opening device, really good for an older arthritic women. Josh has also done multiple little things to make my house more liveable. His price is more than reasonable. He has always asked my opinion each step of the way making sure that what he was doing was something I would like.If I had any more work for him to do, I would surely call him. read more

Josh is a great guy and does good work at a fair price. He has fixed a couple of broken sprinkler heads and is now trimming some trees for us. read more

Don't hire Josh. He is no longer licensed or bonded, a fact I unfortunately missed before I paid him half up front for a 10 day job of replacing my fence and some landscaping. It's been three months and the job still isn't done. I'm moving on to another contractor and probably going to be out thousands of dollars. I was hoping to at least be able to say in my review that he did good work, but sadly that doesn't seem to be the case. Update: Yelp isn't displaying my review, maybe it needs more details? I hired Josh to do a simple job, paid him 1/3 up front and 1/3 when he finished demolishing my yard. I never paid him the last third because my yard is still demolished 5 months later. He tried to talk me into paying him every time he showed up at my house to do a couple of hours of work in the afternoon. I would say in the three months I was still tryign to make this work and get some work for what I had paid that Josh asked me no less than 20 times to pay him more money. He would usually show up in the afternoon on a Sunday with some new story about how his house had been broken into or him truck had caught fire and then tell me why he couldn't buy any materials because he was waiting on a lon from the bank, or another job to finish up. I finally went with him to home depot to buy supplies just to get something done. He came back to the house with me and unloaded everything, did a little bit of work and then dispensary for 2 weeks leaving me with a bunch of lumber I can't use. I had someone else here to do my fence yesterday, took them a day to do what it took josh 4 months not to do. Fortunately because Josh doesn't have a license I'm assured by the lawyer that I was forced to hire that I will get all of my money back. I doubt he can afford the refund given the quality of his work, but if you do hire Josh please pay him with a check so I can collect my settlement. read more

We are very satisfied with the work Josh and crew did on our backyard. The steps they built are attractive and well-done, making our extremely steep hill accessible. Josh listened to what we wanted and followed through. We ill use them again for our front yard. read more

WARNING! Stay away from this landscaper. He was unreliable, often not showing up when he said he would and full of all sorts of excuses. He was always asking for more money for supplies. This was an expensive lesson as I lost $$$$ to him for a job he did not know how to complete. My own fault for trusting him. Something else is going on with this guy that is interfering with his work. My experience with this person,which began in October, was similar to Gregory K and Laura R. read more

Love them... great suggestions, communication and follow through! Wish I had more space to have them make it beautiful!

I had very similar experiences to Lisa B, Laura R, Gregory K, and Vicki S. (these reviews show up in the "not recommended" link, like I am sure mine will soon too). Josh was full of promises and once the job started, he rarely showed up, and when he did, it was for an hour at most. I think he used left over material from other jobs for our job and nothing was done correct. The weed cloth doesn't cover all of the areas, the weed cloth isn't pinned down, and overall the job looks horrible 4 months later. It took him weeks to return to the job to fix some of these things and they still aren't done to satisfaction. And on top of that, my yard is covered in weeds that have grown through the weed cloth that was put down. Once they started to pop up and I couldn't keep up with pulling them, I asked him why this was happening and he informed me that it was due to acidic mulch...um, that would have been good to know when he was doing the job. A good landscaper would have brought this to my attention before the job was complete. Now my yard looks worse than it did before he did our landscaping. I would really think twice before using Josh for any of your landscaping needs. Overall horrible experience with him. read more

We needed an estimate for some landscaping damage. Josh was polite, knowledgeable, and got the estimate to us as promised.

I used Newman Landscapes several months ago to give our yard a new look. The owner was able to take my vision and make it a reality. The yard looks great and we get tons of compliments. They are also doing all the up keep for us on our trees and plants. Thanks Newman Landscapes............. read more

Just had what was an overgrown weed field transformed into a little oasis here in Pacifica! Joshua and the crew were helpful with advice, showed up on time and followed through! Thank you for the bragging rights!! read more

Josh is a great guy and did a great job. Our yard was a mess and now it is a joy to look at. He heard what I wanted and did just that. Had some great ideas on making the yard drain. Josh is the go to guy. He also has great crew guys and they always made sure it was clean at the end of each day. read more

Wow, I am blown away by all the positive reviews. My experience with Josh is very different. He never showed up on time, took longer to finish the job than stated, came unprepared, e.g., did not have the materials on hand so he spent hours getting them, and the fence he built for me is already having problems after only a year. And he never came back to finish the lock for the front gate. I had to order a lock from Amazon and my neighbor kindly installed it for me. Very unprofessional. Yes, I made some changes to the design but not happy with what I got. I had never hired a landscaper before so perhaps I had high expectations. Our contract called for the provision of plants and what I got were tiny clippings from cactus plants that he had at his house. He put down weed tarp without anchoring it to the ground. I later purchased the anchors and did it myself. Additionally, he does not have the financial reserves to complete the job without constantly asking for money. I am sure that under different circumstances that he may be a nice guy with some design talent but unfortunately that was not my experience. There is nothing unique about the work he did for me. I would not recommend him to others and I will never hire him again. read more