Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Cost of landscaping 8Sep 24, 2008 8:58 am Do you have any friends or family that could help out?
We plan to get professionals to do our under lawn reticulation and turf laying - but then I've got garden beds about 45m long, 2m wide to plant with natives. I'm going to invite friends and family over for a working morning and then lunch/drinks afterwards. After 4 years - we're in! Re: Cost of landscaping 9Sep 24, 2008 9:12 am Crazy idea maybe but what about a homeone working day? I've seen it work in car club forums before. If a group are keen to meet and help out we could get together and knock it up in a day or 2? Just an idea. Re: Cost of landscaping 10Sep 24, 2008 11:56 am I think around 10% of your total house build cost is a good estimate for how much to spend on landscaping for a house. I've looked at a lot of houses that were great inside, but had poor landscaping and I think those places are worh less.
Of course you don't want to spend more than what the entire finished product is worth, but unfinished landscaping will surely hurt you in resale value. Greg Re: Cost of landscaping 11Sep 24, 2008 3:55 pm Thanks everyone for your replies.
Quote: gweluphome: Sammy maybe if you break up the landscaping into different sections. Thanks qweluphome. Yes, I think that is a good idea. We will have to do the back retaining wall first before the driveway. Otherwise, the driveway may get damaged (I think). Quote: Snake: Hi sammy, I've been doing a little research myself about landscaping, and basically the best and cheapest way todo the a retaining wall IMHO is to use steel h-beams and 75mm treated pine sleepers. Basically a 1800mm steel h-beam is $90, (900mm buried and 900mm wall), work out how many you would need using 2400mm spacings. You can pick up 30 x 75mm x 2400mm Sleepers for $400 bucks. You will save heaps doing it yourself, but as you said its the time factor. We are doing around 40m of 60cm high retainers and was quoted more than 10k! It seems a lot cheaper to buy our own materials. Unfortunately, we don't know anyone who can help Quote: stonecutter1309: Do you have any friends or family that could help out? Not really. Since our family is either interstate or working (yes, even on Sundays!) Quote: mikkyG: Crazy idea maybe but what about a homeone working day? I've seen it work in car club forums before. If a group are keen to meet and help out we could get together and knock it up in a day or 2? Just an idea Anyone voluntaring? Quote: gpierce: I think around 10% of your total house build cost is a good estimate for how much to spend on landscaping for a house. I've looked at a lot of houses that were great inside, but had poor landscaping and I think those places are worh less. Is it house build or house plus land? Our house build is around 300k. So does that mean that we shouldn't spend more than 30k? I agree that proper landscaping can add heaps of value to your property. Re: Cost of landscaping 12Sep 25, 2008 2:56 pm My comment was directed at total build, not build plus land.
So you buy a block of land, then spend 300K building on it, I think 30K for landscaping is totally reasonable, but you might need more if you have a 3000 square metre block:) Greg Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 8037 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 35704 Ideally you would engage a landscaper to give you some insight what they may need in the space to make your vision come to life… 1 13943 |