Focused upgrade
Target a defined part of the property while retaining suitable existing elements.
- Typical focus
- A specific room, finish or system
- What to resolve
- Condition of retained work and installation interfaces
A useful budget begins with a clear scope.
Understand what shapes the cost of landscape design before comparing proposals. Every final quotation follows the property, measured scope and agreed specification.
Complete transformation
Coordinate a full room, property or commercial space as a connected project.
- Typical focus
- Design, removal, specialist works and finishes
- What to resolve
- Complete specifications and a clear work sequence
Bespoke project
Develop a tailored design with custom details and specialist coordination.
- Typical focus
- Original design, fabrication and carefully selected materials
- What to resolve
- Design development, prototypes or samples and procurement
THE COST DRIVERSLook beyond
Look beyond
the area rate.
A square-metre or square-foot rate is only useful when it identifies the measured area, specification and inclusions. It cannot replace a review of your actual property.
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Site preparation, levels and drainage
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Paving area and hardscape detail
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Plant sizes, quantities and irrigation
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Features, lighting and establishment care
What your proposal
should make clear.
Request a scoped review- Measured scope and specification
- Included supply and installation responsibilities
- Allowances, exclusions and unresolved conditions
- Design, approval and procurement responsibilities
- Programme, payment milestones and change process
- Handover information and warranty responsibilities
We do not publish a generic starting price as a substitute for a project scope. Share your working budget and priorities so the proposal can be developed around useful choices.
BUILD A COMPARABLE SCOPE
Make the assumptions visible.
Price the same work before comparing totals. The following information helps connect your Verdelle brief to an itemised proposal.
Information that supports the quotation
- Photos and an approximate garden plan
- Sun and shade observations
- Plants and features to retain
- Desired activities and circulation
- Available maintenance time or support
- Water, lighting and access information
Questions for the commercial review
- Which design, supply and installation tasks are included?
- Which quantities and products are confirmed, and which remain allowances?
- Who provides retained-condition investigations or specialist reviews?
- What protection, delivery, removal and making-good work is included?
- How are changes priced and approved before proceeding?
- What documents and completion criteria support the payment stages?
Planting and soil systems
Confirm botanical names, quantities, nursery sizes, soil preparation and establishment responsibilities.
Include the ongoing requirement: Keep a site-specific watering and care plan that can be adjusted as planting establishes.
Gravel, mulch and planting edges
Review the material, depth, edging and relationship to drains, doors and maintenance access.
Include the ongoing requirement: Plan periodic checks for displaced material, weeds and blocked edges.
Paving and irrigation components
Coordinate levels, joints, drainage, valves, filters, emitters and access to controls.
Include the ongoing requirement: Retain the system layout, controller guidance and maintenance contact details.
Website concepts and general guidance are not quotations. Scope, product choices, applicable charges and commercial terms belong in the written proposal.
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