We moved to TV in July and among the other fun stuff has been working with potential landscapers. We have a CYV and only need the front landscaped which entails removing the current plant life and pine straw and replacing it will new stone and plants.
Having followed the "Perils of Landscaping" on TOTV for about 3 years this is the most daunting task of our relocation. So far we have cut the list to 3 finalists.
In the process we had:
One company came to review the work and promised a sketch and quote with days, I am still waiting 3 weeks later.
One company came to review the work and didn't listen to us at all, went back to their car for about an hour and came back with a rough sketch and price. What they quoted had no resemblance to what we asked for and they wanted 50% deposit, don't let the door.........
One company came to review the work and gave us a very professional computer drawing of their proposal. They are the most expensive of the quotes but I called them back to scale back their proposal. The owner agreed that he was higher priced than the competition but never justified the higher price (they were 75% OVER budget). Then when I reviewed their contract they wanted a 30% deposit, I told him that was a deal breaker and he told me not to waste his time any longer. BYE BYE
We are getting new proposals from the 3 finalists after fine tuning the originals.........
to be continued