Sofkin Landscaping

Sofkin Landscaping works out of Hyannis, and the same name keeps showing up across dozens of reviews: Nick, also written Nikola or Niko, personally grading a yard, adjusting an irrigation head, or clearing storm debris off a driveway. A customer who says Nick has worked their property for three years describes him teaching them about their roses and orchard along the way, and that hands-on, owner-present style runs through nearly every account. Irrigation work is where the specifics pile up fastest. One homeowner describes trying to get their own system running after watching a few YouTube videos, getting it working "but not correctly," then having Nick show up exactly when he said he would and methodically check each water head before setting a watering schedule. Others describe him installing whole systems and coming back afterward for fine-tune adjustments. Storm response follows the same pattern — after separate storms knocked branches down across their yards, reviewers say he responded the same day or the next morning to clear the debris. Lawn rehab gets similar detail: one review describes a front lawn recovering from creeping bent grass after dethatching, top-soiling, fertilizing and overseeding, with the owner texting for photos and checking in repeatedly as the grass came back over three weeks. A longer-tenured customer says they've used Sofkin for many years and describe the work as consistently well done. Pricing comes up as a strength rather than a complaint across different jobs — one customer says Sofkin "had the low bid" among competing quotes, others separately call the price "very reasonable" or "affordable." Hardscaping shows up too, with a retaining wall and driveway rebuild and a separate patio install both described as clean, well-executed jobs, though with less depth behind them than the irrigation and lawn work. The one exception to an otherwise consistent record is a single-star Google review describing the opposite pattern: good "at first," then told last-minute that Nick could no longer take on their yard. Worth asking about before booking, especially for a larger or longer-running project, given how much of the rest of the record rests on a single owner-operator doing the hands-on work himself.