It
is amazing to see how more and more people nowadays are going for professional landscaping as they want their yards to look well maintained. So the first step in getting a landscaper is
to know that you want to hire a professional and the second step is to know how
to find that professional.
Before
you bombard a potential landscaper questions related to your yards, it is
necessary to first ask a few questions to yourself. Have you figured out
clearly what do you want exactly a maintenance company or a designer? Are you
looking for best price, quality, service or all three? If you had to pick just
two, what would you pick?
Once
you have figured out the answers to these, go ahead and ask your landscaping professional the following questions for complete clarity;
If someone is working in or around
your space, the first question to ask them would be if they are permanent or
bonded. And specifically for landscapers, since they will have to carry heavy
equipment to your lawns for the job.
- Check on how long they have been doing this business. Also, make sure that the landscaper you hire is a professional and has a good long experience in this field. They should be having manpower and skill to deliver you the best. You would always want to hire a company who has been in the business and can give better results. A good company would have a website to portray their work.
- Does the staff of people also include industry specialists? You may specifically need an arborist once you are dealing with trees because plants shrubs and bushes can be handled by a regular team who installs plants and sod.
- Check if the professional you hire is going to give you his complete time. It is not necessary always that they are going to stick to you because there are other customers to attend as well. So get a clear chart of his timetable and see how much time is giving to your work. You don’t want to be moving around an unfinished lawn waiting for it to get complete at the fancy of the landscaper.
- The best way to know, what are the plans of your landscaper about the yard space is to ask them for the drawing. Chances are they will charge you a bit extra for keeping the drawings. Or you can see and give it back. Also, you can ask for pictures of places they have already worked on. A good landscaper will always carry a portfolio with him to please his customers and flaunt his work.
- A reputed landscaper will give you a guarantee of his work and its long life. They will give you a guarantee of at least two years or also five years sometimes. And when you talk about plants, ask for separate warranties. If you go to the market and ask the people in this industry they will tell you that a good contractor always gives a guarantee of at least two years, so hold onto that thought.
- Clarify the installation process that is going to be used. For better understanding, break it down into categories like how are they going to go about the project, what is the material that they are going to use, what equipment are going to enter your yard etc. every legit landscaping company follows a basic construction methods and building practices for hoe are they going to go about every project and eventually they change a few things here and there according to the need of the owner.
