Please help with any feedback or suggestions. This is the landscaping bid we just received for a design we like that while it is substantial (brickwork to the front, new steps, a patio in the back with a fire-pit), well it's $50,000 which is 1/3 of the cost of our house!
We have no experience to know if we are being completely over charged or if this is reasonable and we just shouldn't get a patio or what to do! This is my inheritance money and I don't want my mother to roll over in her grave especially in financial times like these. We'd like this done, but want to be smart about it.
REAR STONE RETAINING WALL (no tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Remove Existing Wall
Excavation For Wall
Debris Charge
Baraboo Boulder Wall Installed 86 SFF
Rough Black Topsoil
TOTAL PRICE: $ 1,686.28
REAR UNILOCK BRUSSELS DIMENSIONAL STONE SEAT WALL AND FIRE PIT (no
tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Excavation For Wall
Debris Charge
Unilock Brussels Block Dimensional Wall Installed (Random Pattern) 160 SFF
Unilock Brussels Block Wall Cap Installed 72 LF
3/4" Gravel
3/4" Washed Gravel
Torpedo Sand
Unilock SRW Adhesive
TOTAL PRICE: $ 6,680.45
REAR PAVER PATIO (fire pit patio raised 2 steps)(no tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Debris Charge
Excavation
Install & Compact Gravel Base
Level & Screed Base
Unilock Brussels Block Inlay Installed 262 SF
Unilock Brussels Block Paver Installed 124 SF
3/4" Gravel
Torpedo Sand
Polymeric Sand
Unilock Snap Edging
TOTAL PRICE: $ 9,255.21
Option 1: Unilock Yorkstone Pavers Inlay Installed add: $ 1,117.90
Option 2: Seal pavers with sand & joint stabilizer add: $ 744.80
FRONT UNILOCK BRUSSELS DIMENSIONAL STONE RETAINING WALL (no tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Excavation For Wall
Unilock Brussels Block Dimensional Wall Installed 62 SFF
Unilock Brussels Block Wall Cap Installed 37 LF
1" Clear Limestone
3/4" Gravel
1/4" Gravel
Filter Fabric
Unilock SB10 Adhesive
TOTAL PRICE: $ 2,546.15
FRONT PAVER WALK/ STEPS (no tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Remove Existing Walk/ Steps
Debris Charge
Excavation
Install & Compact Gravel Base
Level & Screed Base
Unilock Brussels Block Paver Installed 80 SF
Unilock Brussels Dimensional Step/Wall Installed 141 LF
Unilock Brussells Block Tread/Wall Cap Installed 88 LF
3/4" Gravel
1" Clear Stone Fill
Excavate and Form for Concrete Pad and Pier Footings
Pour Concrete Pad & Footings
Torpedo Sand
Polymeric Sand
Rubber Membrane
Weed Barrier
Unilock Snap Edging
TOTAL PRICE: $ 10,726.12
Option: Seal pavers with sand & joint stabilizer add: $ 203.65
RAILING (allowance, adjust to make wood railing)(no tax)
DESCRIPTION
39" 4 x 4 Post Sleeve Artisan
Artisan Post Cap
Artisan Post Skirts
Horizontal Rail Kit
Stair Rail Kit
Cut Kit
4 x 4 8' #1 SYP Treated .40 Post
Post Brackets
12" Titan Anchors
Miscellaneous Hardware
Labor
TOTAL PRICE: $ 4,101.30
LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING (no tax)
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Step Lights 7 Each
Transformer: Kischler 600 watt K15PR600SS 1 Each
Wire 10-2
Miscellaneous Parts
TOTAL PRICE: $ 2,281.98
Option: 900 watt transformer K15PR900SS add: $ 237.16
FRONT PLANT BEDS
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Sod & Other Plant Removal
Debris Charge
Garden Mix
Rototill Soil
Shredded Hardwood Bark
Ace of Diamond Black Edging
Flagstone Steppers 5 Each
Preemergent Herbicide
TOTAL PRICE: $ 1,426.60
REAR PLANT BEDS
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
Sod & Other Plant Removal
Debris Charge
Ace of Diamond Black Edging
Garden Mix
Rototill Soil
Shredded Hardwood Bark
Mississippi Stone #2
Boulders 7 Each
Weed Barrier
Preemergent Herbicide
TOTAL PRICE: $ 2,295.52
REAR STEPPER PATH (no tax)
DESCRIPTION
Flagstone Steppers As Shown On Plan
TOTAL PRICE: $ 1,365.75
FRONT PLANTS INSTALLED & GUARANTEED
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY SIZE
Transplant: Hosta 4
Miss Kim Lilac 3 2-3'
Endless Summer 3 #1Grade
Feather Reed Grass 2 4.5"
Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed 3 4" pot
Winterglut Bergenia 1 4.5" Pot
Red Jade Crab 1 6-7'
Caragana Siberian Pea Shrub 1 #3
Golden Chamaecyparis 3 #3
Pink Poppet Weigela 3 12"
Diablo Ninebark 1 3'
Goldmound Spirea 3 12-15"
Koreanspice Viburnum 3 #3
Variegated Euonymus 18 2.5"
Mixed Perennials 36 4.5"
TOTAL PRICE: $ 2,528.34
REAR PLANTS INSTALLED & GUARANTEED
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY SIZE
Transplant: Viburnum 2
Autumn Brilliance Juneberry 1 2" BB
Feather Reed Grass 8 1 gal
Weeping Japanese Maple 1 #7
Honeymooners Holly 3 #5
Hakuro Nishiki Willow 1 2-Gal
Eastern white pine 1 6'
Mixed Perennials 47 4.5"
Indian Grass 7 1 Gal
Variegated Euonymus 12 2."
TOTAL PRICE: $ 2,752.31
LAWN WORK SOD
DESCRIPTION
Fine Grade; Sod
Pulverized Topsoil
TOTAL PRICE: $ 796.38
SUBTOTAL: $ 48,442.40
TAX: $ 538.95
TOTAL: $ 48,981.35
NOTES:
Staining, preserving and/ or painting of wood is not included.
Electrical outlet for lighting not included.
Repair of rotting sided or decking in the front porch area is not included.
Any advice or suggestions would be so appreciated!
Sarah and Andrew in Wisconsin
Embothrium
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