9 Reasons to work with PLANETSCAPER
- Get a beautiful and buildable plan for your WHOLE landscape — We take a "systems" approach to your landscape to make sure all the components work together, so that form meets function for:
- Hardscape / paving
- Planting
- Irrigation
- Lighting
- Grading & Drainage
- Structures (walls, pergolas, decks, staircases, water features and more)
- Save time, money & resources
- Spend your money “once and wisely”
- Avoid expensive “rip out, replace, re-do” projects that result from not having a plan
- Avoid regrets and conflicts - by having a plan
- Avoid the “I wish we had thought about that” moment
- Avoid conflicts with landscape contractors. During installation, you and they can “point to the plan," to avoid any confusion.
- Set a realistic budget, before you meet with landscape contractors
- Do you know how much everything will cost to install? Don’t rely on your “best guess.”
- Based on completed designs, your landscape architect can help you generate a realistic budget estimate before you reach out to contractors for bids
- You’ll have more confidence meeting with contractors - and a way to check their bids
- We give you a phasing plan, in case you don’t want to (or can’t) install it all at once. This will help you:
- Prioritize features in your landscape installation that will give you the most benefit and enjoyment right away
- Spread your project expenses over time
- Ensure you install landscape components in the right sequence - not piece it together haphazardly
- Don’t just imagine your landscape - see your landscape in 2D and 3D models - before you install it See all the features and details for your finished landscape in finished drawings and renderings. This helps you clarify the vision for your space. Avoid jumping blindly into an installation and making expensive mistakes.
- It’s cost-effective: A landscape design will typically cost only 10% of your total landscape install budget. If you had a $100 to spend: Would you throw away $100 blindly, or spend $10 to get more value from the other $90?
- It’s easier (and can be faster) than you may think: Our design process happens around your schedule. If you are focused, make your decisions efficiently and on schedule, you can have a design in as little as 3-4 weeks! Or you can take a little more time. We will move at YOUR speed.
- Landscape contractors will love you. When you have landscape plans, contractors bid faster, more accurately and more competitively. Because you invested in professional designs, contractors know you’re serious and they want to work with you.