Hiring a Landscape Contractor
What is a landscape contractor?
A landscape contractor is an individual or company that installs trees, shrubs and flowers, as well as hardscape features such as walkways, stone driveways, patios and terraces, arbors and trellises and retaining walls. Landscape contractors often work under the direction of the homeowner or a landscape architect or designer who has created an overall design or master plan for your property. Landscape contractors also perform routine maintenance activities, such as mowing lawns, pruning trees and shrubs, weeding and mulching shrubs and flowerbeds.
How to find a landscape contractor
If you have used a landscape architect or designer, he or she should be able to recommend one or more reputable landscape contractors in your local area. If you need to find a landscape contractor on your own, ask friends, neighbors and other members of your community for recommendations.
Choosing the right landscape contractor for the job
There are several factors to consider when choosing a landscape contractor. First, determine what type of services you need the landscape contractor to provide for you, such as routine yard maintenance, brick or stonework for a walkway or terrace, building an arbor or simply installing plant materials that you have picked out from the nursery yourself.
Once you have decided on the level of service a landscape contractor will be providing for you, then you can move on to the nitty gritty—hiring the right landscape contractor for the job. It’s usually a good idea to check out three landscape contractors, if possible, to compare prices, quality of service and levels of expertise.
Tips for hiring a landscape contractor
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Get the details. Ask how long the company has been in business and what experience they have. Find out whether they will do all the work themselves or contract parts of it out to subcontractors. For example, some landscape contractors (especially smaller companies) only plant trees, shrubs and flowers and hire subcontractors to lay brick, pour concrete or install irrigation systems.
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