By Neat & Tidy Landscaping
Landscaping costs, contractor pricing, estimates, project planning, and hiring advice for homeowners. Learn what professional landscaping costs and what affects the price of yard cleanup and restoration.
If you’re looking at an overgrown patch of blackberry in your backyard, here’s probably the question you actually want answered: How much is this going to cost to remove? For professional blackberry removal in the Seattle area, a small project may start around $350, while larger projects can easily reach $1,000, $2,000, $5,000 or more. … Read more
You Can Absolutely Do It Yourself. Here’s What “Free” Actually Costs. Want to know the secret to removing blackberry for free? Do it yourself. Seriously. You don’t necessarily need to spend $2,000 or $3,000 hiring a landscaping company to remove blackberry from your property. Blackberry isn’t some mysterious plant that only professional landscapers know how … Read more
The Contractor Is Evaluating the Project Too One of my favorite things about working in landscaping is the number of people I meet. Before landscaping, I spent more than a decade working in the corporate and technology world. I met plenty of people—coworkers, developers, managers, vendors, clients, and people from different companies. Landscaping has been … Read more
A landscaping estimate comes back for $1,000. Maybe $1,500. Maybe $2,000. And the homeowner looks at the yard and thinks: For weeding, trimming, raking, and hauling some debris? Why does that cost so much? It’s a reasonable question. After all, most landscaping work isn’t mysterious. Almost anyone can pull a weed. Almost anyone can rake … Read more
We live in Washington—the Evergreen State. Trees, shrubs, vines, ground cover, weeds, native plants, invasive plants, fallen branches, leaves, and decomposing organic material are everywhere. That’s part of what makes living here beautiful. It’s also why homeowners need to understand something about properties that border greenbelts and wooded areas: A greenbelt is not a garden … Read more
Getting a good landscaping quote isn’t just about finding the lowest number. The goal is to understand what you’re buying, compare contractors fairly, control the scope of work, and find the best combination of price, service, experience, and results for your property. After estimating and completing landscaping projects for homeowners with different properties, budgets, priorities, … Read more
A few years ago, when I was living in San Francisco, I moved from one apartment to another. I wanted to save a few hundred dollars, so I rented a U-Haul and did everything myself. I packed the boxes, loaded the furniture, drove the truck, unloaded everything, and spent essentially the entire day moving. Could … Read more