Is your Calgary Landscape looking like an empty canvass filled with potential?
After a busy day at work, isn't it exciting to come home where you can feel the refreshing relax stress free ambiance.
Imagine the sound of a babbling brook by a patio that holds a brand new outdoor table set where you and your family can share meals and memories, intertwined with a beautiful landscape.
Landscaping in Calgary is an interesting concept as we are subject to changeable weather at times. Most of us Calgary folks have gone outside in June only to discover a winter landscape has taken over our backyard.
Having a backyard that you can be proud of is worth it, despite the short season.
You can start by looking out over your porch veranda, think it over and decide if Landscaping will fit your budget. Don't bother pursing a landscaping plan if you haven't set your budget because you will be in for some surprises. The landscaping cost will ultimately depend on what you want.
On the other hand DO NOT go with the cheapest Calgary landscaper as you definitely get what you pay for.
There is a huge range of quotes generally for the same type of project. This is especially true in Calgary. The boom that Calgary saw over the last few years made it so that almost everyone with a shovel became a landscaper.
An example of this is a few years ago I went to a quote in which a couple needed a giant retaining wall built in the Calgary area. They went ahead and got quotes from about 5 different landscapers. The quotes came in between $16,000.00 and $35,000.00. This is an absolutely enormous range for a landscaping project.
The Calgary couple took pride in their home and had it rebuilt. The costs to rebuild the landscape wall were about $5000.00 to un build what was done wrong and then they ended up hiring a Calgary Landscaper that knew what they were doing for around $30,000.00. This doesn't include the extra summer that it took to get their project done.
Consequently the Calgary couple picked the cheap landscaping quote. They ended up getting a couple of kids who called themselves landscapers. The Landscaping project ended up taking way longer than it should have and the Calgary Couple spent most of that summer in a Landscaping Construction mess.
The lack of machinery that the "landscapers" engaged meant that they did no excavate to a proper sub base. In Calgary, one needs to get down to the clay as a minimum excavation practice. This ensures a suitable sub base for whatever landscaping you engage in the Calgary area.
Now back to the couple from Calgary. The two landscapers build the landscape wall with shovels; they took almost all summer to build the landscape wall. Once they were finished all of the landscaping a rain storm hit and caused the wall to break apart. Imagine that, the kids forgot to account for drainage. The stability of the landscape wall paid the price.
Total Cost: a lot more than if they would have just hired a Calgary Landscaper to do it right in the first place.
Anyways, not to scare anybody, but make sure you do research into who you hire for your Calgary Landscaper project. Usually price is a good indicator of the quality of Landscape work one receives.
I wish you all the best in your new landscaping project. Make sure you enjoy those warm Calgary Summers to it's fullest!
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