OUTDOOR LIVING LANDSCAPES

An outdoor landscape transforms your yard into an outdoor living space.
Extend your indoor home outdoors with custom landings and staircases leading to your new outdoor living room.

Design ideas are many, from the most dramatic to the most basic and beautiful. The fit, feel and function of your new outdoor landscape space can be achieved with proper planning and attention to detail.

Problems however, can crop up when planning your space and hiring a landscape contractor. One common issue is price creep. It’s common for homeowners to agree on an initial price for the project, but before the job is done the customer discovers that many items they believed were included in the price are actually not.

This issue occurs during as the project progresses beyond the planning phase of the outdoor living area. Halfway through the build-out, the landscaper tells the homeowner that certain features and elements were not included in the original quote, so they can be added as additional costs to the original quote. Be sure this doesn’t happen to you. The main reason for price creep is a lack of detailed planning before the job begins.

Here is another issue to watch out for: the original landscaping crew leaving your job with half of it completed while a second crew comes in to finish the job. The best thing you can do is make sure that everything is spelled out in the contract.

The Unique team is careful to cover as much detail as possible during the planning phase of the project to prevent cost creep. In fact, when all is said and done Unique customers usually save money. The homeowner can relax during the job, seeing the project develop with the same crew throughout. Although the initial price may be a little higher upfront, it is usually less than other landscape contractors on completion.

Another potential trouble spot: projects that takes longer than normal to finish. This happens when crews hop to another job. When a second crew comes in to complete the job not only does the project deadline get extended but details can be missed. This can happen because the second crew wasn’t educated on the original plan with the sales rep. This is why Unique landscaping always keeps the same crew on the job until it’s completed.

As far as design ideas – they are virtually limitless. See here.

From Unilock pavers to custom cultured stone.

Outdoor Grills

Outdoor Fireplace

Custom landings and stone staircase leading to/from outdoor living area

The key to success is choosing the right landscape contractor for you.

What are the most important criteria for choosing the best Cleveland landscape contractor for your project?

You want a contractor who fits these guidelines:

• Established track record with outdoor patios
• Performs work in timely manner
• Plans extensively upfront in a very detailed manner
• Uses quality paver, cultured stone manufactures like Unilock
• Promises and writes in contract that only one crew will start and stay on the job until it’s completed
• Has the right equipment and experience grading land before installation (most important!)

Allow us to create a beautiful, low-maintenance outdoor living area. Click here to schedule your free consultation!