Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Landscape Recommendations
View Single Post
 
Old 12-21-2020, 06:14 PM
John_W John_W is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,384
Thanks: 2,172
Thanked 2,956 Times in 1,161 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnN View Post
It's been some years, but when I had TerraScape give a quote, they wanted to sell me a "Mercedes" when I wanted a "Honda". Way too much in the way of plants and $$$$.
I never had the experience in two encounters with Terrascape. First time I had Terrascape in 2011, I said I want all the pine straw removed and weed block put down and copper rocks installed in the front and back yard. He said, that's going to be about ten tons of rock and two guys can do it in one day, that' $2800. I said if you'll do it for $2500 you got the job. He said, pay me in cash when I'm done and it will be $2500.

The owner no longer gives the appraisals or handles the design, he has young girl that been working in nurseries since she was 16. In 2019 I told her I wanted it all refreshed with new rocks, new shrubs, and the irrigation checked out and fixed, and the retaining wall fixed and glued back in place. They gave me a price of $1900. There was four guys who worked all day and I got a lot for the money, you can see the finished job in the photos above.