Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 21Jun 21, 2015 10:30 pm For us we are up to about 30k for concrete but there was over 360 sqm of concrete and retaining walls the blocks have cost us 7K We are doing the retaining walls ourselves and got a the driveway done but a local contractor. Our driveway was 23m long and triple width for about 10m of that. Honestly, if those that do not need engineered retaining walls, the blocks you get these days and then guides its not that hard, its heavy lifting but I have built 3 walls in about 10 days by myself including the trenches, hubby did the backfilling and drainage in one day. The hardest part was doing the stairs as I had never done stairs before, wasted a day doing them and then pulling them down and redoing them another full day. Honestly try and do as much as you can yourselves, it does take longer and yes you get a sore back in the process but it saves so much money. As for plants because we are buying so many of each variety we are getting them at wholesale prices, I would shop around for your plants too! 7K for plants that would have to be a lot of pots. We did one fenceline (100 plants for $350). Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 22Jun 21, 2015 10:42 pm evec ok, so remember my quote of 32k that I told you about earlier? actually that is only for the retaining wall! these guys to be honest are professionals , from the presentation to the design plan all thought through. But $135,991 for landscaping is a no no for me. here is the breakdown, masonry retaining wall-$32,956,00 north side palling fence-26meters -$2002,00 south side boundary fence- $847 west side palling fence-16 meters-$1232,00 west side sleeper retaining wall-$4741,00 south side merbau boundary wall (as per developer by the way) $14,454,00 painting of paling fence internal-$1699,00 concrete paths around the house , exposed aggregate which is 100mmthick with RF72 re-enforcement mesh-$9234,00 not finished yet, they thought it through. concrete slab for paving-$8981,00 pool coping ( I thought the pool company was doing this, somehow these guys have quoted us for it)-$3190,00 paving 500x500x20mm natural stone with 3:1 mortar base-$13,013,00 garden beds, edging, feature rocks and mulch-$9592,00 turf-$4928,00 plants$7084,00 front yard feature-$2310,00 front rendered pillars with Merbau infill- $9278,00 pool fence and feature posts-$9482,00 of course I would love a veggie patch-$968,00. Done Oh wow eve, your quote is MASSIVE! Can't believe its gonna cost you that much, are u still going ahead with it all? Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 23Jun 22, 2015 6:46 am It's a lot of money, we are going to get someone to to the retaining wall because it needs engineering, and concreting as well. The rest we will figure out ourselves - Build thread- My Allegra- Dream by Henley Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 24Jun 22, 2015 4:14 pm We've been quoted $44k for concrete, paving around the pool and decking. I'm not sure if this is the best price but he is the cheapest so far. We still have the retaining wall , pool fence and verandah to worry about, turf and garden we can try it ourselves - Build thread- My Allegra- Dream by Henley Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 25Jun 22, 2015 4:18 pm Evec - I would get the quote broken down. How many SQM of concrete do you need? We ended up paying $80 per SQM Paving came in at about $120 per SQM supply and lay. Decking was more. We have ended up doing concrete with small sections we will build joining boardwalks for mix of materials and break up the concrete. Hope this helps Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 27Jun 23, 2015 5:52 pm Evec I just did some basic sums so assuming at the higher end of supply/install... Concrete 77sqm @ $120 per sqm = $9240 (we paid $80 per sqm but due to size of job most are at about $100 per sqm. Paving 43 sqm @ $150 per sqm (supply lay) = $6450 We were quoted $44 per sqm labour and even high end pavers are not that expensive. Decking 17 sqm @ $180 per sqm (supply install) = $3060 Even if the decking was more per sqm I cannot see how they can charge you such a huge amount. Thats a total of $18,750 and that is using higher end per sqm pricing. I would get more quotes 44K is way too much for that as that is not a lot of sqm all up. Hope that helps. Make sure you get all your quotes broken down, concrete per sqm, paving supply and lay and same with decking so you can see where the money is going. Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 28Jun 23, 2015 6:09 pm Thank you so much Lot927, I asked for a breakdown and this is what he sent me.Concreting - $21,650 ($12,820 of that has to be done before paving) Includes all materials and labour Paving - $12,494 Includes all materials and labour Decking - $6,560 Includes all materials and labour Site preparation and Drainage - $3,166 Includes all materials and labour - Build thread- My Allegra- Dream by Henley Re: Huge Quote for basic landscaping 31Jun 29, 2015 2:07 pm Thank you so much lot927, we have decided to break up our tasks and get them done separately. We are going to tackle some of the jobs ourselves. We have a concreter coming to do concrete around the house and pool for $4000 , I'm not sure if this is the best price but so far he is the cheapest - Build thread- My Allegra- Dream by Henley They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5831 hey there! 😊 so, it’s kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 20890 I was being kind to the builder. With the amount charged for the upgrade the builder is probably charging closer to 100% margin. There are a few variables as I… 5 14303 |