| How to find a reliable landscaper
How do I find a reliable, competent landscaper? How should I go about getting a garden properly designed and built? What are the major pitfalls I should avoid? These are three of the most common questions asked by home-owners looking to hire a professional landscaper, either to design and build a total garden or to do specific one-off landscape projects, such as installing a patio, deck, walls, irrigation system, lighting or a water feature. For homeowners who can't afford to have all of the work done in one go, it can be a good idea to have a complete plan drawn up and then have the work done over a few years as funds become available. The golden rule of landscaping is that the permanent structures (hardscape) go in first, and the planting is done second, never the other way round. You need to sift the wheat from the chaff. It never hurts to ask if they are a certified member of the B. "Even the installation of a good hedge can raise the value of your home by 2. Society of Landscape Architects. This professional organization only certifies landscapers who have passed a challenging standards test. It is also pays to check the list of accredited landscapers posted at the Better Business Bureau's website at what you are trying to do through this process is minimize the risk of something going wrong. Landscape Standards, a set of technical guidelines for quality work drawn up jointly by the BCLNA and the B. But it is also true that there are talented landscapers who do not belong to the BCLNA. There are many of them, but there are also people posing as qualified landscapers. 5 per cent," she says. Landscape and Nursery Trades Association. Ask your landscaper for proof of liability insurance and also get an assurance that certifies sub-trades will be used to do technical work, such as installing gas-lines for outdoor barbecues and kitchens. Ask if the individual you are talking to when discussing the project will be the one on-site overseeing the project. A lot of people forget about this and wish they had done it at the same time as the main installation work was done. |
Sunday, 1 April 2012
How to find a reliable landscaper
