Martin also prowls new housing developments! My husband and I are in the Upper Valley. Just off of Artcraft in new Desert View Homes. As soon as we moved in Martin came door to door to seek business. We declined. A year later (this past June) he came by with his card and asked if we were ready to landscape. We had a large yard and asked him to give us an estimate. HIs price ($6,900) seemed reasonable considering land, rock, sprinkler system, trees, plants etc. All which he promised to complete in 12 days.
Well days turned into weeks, to months with endless calls and threats to him. He would answer apologize, beg forgiveness, etc. Yet we saw him working at another house! We had paid him a large amount (approx. $3500) down to cover alot of the materials. He would show up every once in a while and ask for another $100 here so he could "pay his guys." FOUR months later our job was near completion and he kept telling us "at least it's a great job right?" No! It cost months of stress for my husband and myself waiting for him to show up daily, sometimes hourly (he'd call and assure us 1 hr he'd be there) to no avail. We finally told him to get out of our lives. He left a whole in our wall, never completed cement work and rock work (all paid for). Guess we learned the hard way! Shut the door in his face!
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