warwickhunt
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Good afternoon TalkIrvine friends,
As a few of you know I'm a design principal with Studio H Landscape Architecture, we are located in Newport Beach but have worked on several projects in Portola Springs and Woodbury. I thought I might share a little information on the costs associated with landscaping your new residence in these two communities.
Woodbury: From what I hear the Legends landscape package costs around $70,000 for a typical residence in say the Carmel division. Legends does a great job and has been working with the home builder in other communities such as Crystal Cove. While they do a nice job they are also very expensive. Quality does come with a price, but it doesn't always have to. Generally speaking I would say that anyone in Woodbury with a new home is looking at spending at least $25k with about $35k being an average. For $50k, you can get a project that's right up there, if not better, than the home builders package. We have come up with some creative design ideas for some projects in the area and feel very confident we could put together a completely unique project at or above the home builders packages. Generally, budget $15-35 per square foot of landscape area (building footprint not included).
Portola Springs: I am not aware of any home builder landscape packages for Portola Springs but I'm sure they exist. The lots can get fairly large and offer a lot of opportunity but the cost of landscaping a new project in the area can get fairly expensive. We recently worked on a project with a lot size of 10,000 sf and managed to keep the total costs around $50k. The client was a pleasure to work with and we were able to design the project with multiple phases, including a phase for a pool, a phase for adding stone paving, additional planting and lighting, and an initial phase which focused on immediate curb appeal. Budgets for this area can range from $7 - 45/sf. We feel $15 - $20/sf would be a comfortable range but we can work within any budget.
A few weeks back we offered a FREE DESIGN and bid to residents in the Woodbury community and had such a response that we would again like to offer this to residents in both Woodbury and Portola Springs. We are Landscape Architects and not landscape contractors but do work with some exceptional local contractors with very competitive pricing. While some contractors will offer a free design, it's very likely they are not a professional Landscape Architecture firm and will only offer you one bid. We can offer you up to (3) bids so you can select the contractor the best suits your needs. If you live outside of these communities gives us a call as we would be happy to make some arrangements for you as well.
Here is a link to a recent blog post which discusses further costs including actual square foot material costs. http://www.studioh-inc.com/?p=975
As always, please send along your questions regarding ANYTHING to do with the landscape industry, we love helping out. We are obviously here to get some work, but also want to give back and contribute to our TalkIrvine friends.
As a few of you know I'm a design principal with Studio H Landscape Architecture, we are located in Newport Beach but have worked on several projects in Portola Springs and Woodbury. I thought I might share a little information on the costs associated with landscaping your new residence in these two communities.
Woodbury: From what I hear the Legends landscape package costs around $70,000 for a typical residence in say the Carmel division. Legends does a great job and has been working with the home builder in other communities such as Crystal Cove. While they do a nice job they are also very expensive. Quality does come with a price, but it doesn't always have to. Generally speaking I would say that anyone in Woodbury with a new home is looking at spending at least $25k with about $35k being an average. For $50k, you can get a project that's right up there, if not better, than the home builders package. We have come up with some creative design ideas for some projects in the area and feel very confident we could put together a completely unique project at or above the home builders packages. Generally, budget $15-35 per square foot of landscape area (building footprint not included).
Portola Springs: I am not aware of any home builder landscape packages for Portola Springs but I'm sure they exist. The lots can get fairly large and offer a lot of opportunity but the cost of landscaping a new project in the area can get fairly expensive. We recently worked on a project with a lot size of 10,000 sf and managed to keep the total costs around $50k. The client was a pleasure to work with and we were able to design the project with multiple phases, including a phase for a pool, a phase for adding stone paving, additional planting and lighting, and an initial phase which focused on immediate curb appeal. Budgets for this area can range from $7 - 45/sf. We feel $15 - $20/sf would be a comfortable range but we can work within any budget.
A few weeks back we offered a FREE DESIGN and bid to residents in the Woodbury community and had such a response that we would again like to offer this to residents in both Woodbury and Portola Springs. We are Landscape Architects and not landscape contractors but do work with some exceptional local contractors with very competitive pricing. While some contractors will offer a free design, it's very likely they are not a professional Landscape Architecture firm and will only offer you one bid. We can offer you up to (3) bids so you can select the contractor the best suits your needs. If you live outside of these communities gives us a call as we would be happy to make some arrangements for you as well.
Here is a link to a recent blog post which discusses further costs including actual square foot material costs. http://www.studioh-inc.com/?p=975
As always, please send along your questions regarding ANYTHING to do with the landscape industry, we love helping out. We are obviously here to get some work, but also want to give back and contribute to our TalkIrvine friends.
