Request Your Backyard Design Consultation

What to Expect From Your 60–90 Minute Consultation:

1

Consultant will review property with you and discuss your ideas, goals & interests

2

Review portfolio while consultant takes notes on your taste, style interests, goals, and functionality

3

Review Garden View’s process, systems, application of art principles, and how our team makes it all come together

4

Consultant and client will fill out a questionnaire to assemble a WAG (Budget) for the project

5

Consultant discusses design implementation, team creative design process and how to move forward if desired

This consultation presents valuable information and mines personal preferences so we ask whenever possible all decision making/interested parties be present. It is important to start navigating differences in goals/interests of the whole family from the beginning.
The consultation usually takes an hour to hour and a half.

What is Design/Build? And What’s the Alternative?

The biggest difference is One Coordinated Effort vs. a series of contributors without a unified system.

✅ The Garden View Way: Design/Build

A single-source project delivery system where both design and construction services are contracted and managed by one accountable entity.

❌ Their Way: Architect & Subs Separated

Homeowners hire separate designers and subcontractors, often getting caught in the middle of cost disputes, delays, and a total lack of singular responsibility.

1. Initial Project Consultation
Garden View: Creative design team paired with real-world construction experience and accurate budget knowledge.
Architect & Subs: Sales call with a landscape architect who may be a great artist, but lacks real construction or cost experience.
2. Design
Garden View: Conceptual 3D video & images provide an engaging, realistic, and easily interpreted design at a significantly lower cost.
Architect & Subs: Architectural blueprints are expensive and detail-heavy just to solicit apples-to-apples bids from outside contractors.
3. Estimating & Value Optimization
Garden View: Experienced estimators provide material options and committed costs, performing scope/phasing analysis within your budget.
Architect & Subs: Multiple tradesmen have differing quality standards, making revised costing, scope changes, and options difficult to align.
4. Permitting
Garden View: Our full-time Permit Manager handles city query responses and pushes plans through expeditiously.
Architect & Subs: Permits require proper contractor licenses—which architects typically do not hold, leaving you to manage the red tape.
5. Construction
Garden View: ONE coordinated effort always means a smoother, faster, cost-effective build. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Architect & Subs: Lack of synergy between dozens of independent trades creates headaches, errors, and an inferior final build.
6. Warranty
Garden View: Single-source accountability from an established, well-known company with a 40+ year reputation.
Architect & Subs: Who is responsible when issues arise between mixed disciplines? You are left chasing multiple contractors.

📱 Enhanced Customer Experience with Buildertrend

We utilize industry-leading technology to keep your project organized, transparent, and completely stress-free from day one.

🛠️ Internal Management

  • 📊 Real-time Gantt Charts & Timelines
  • 📝 Daily Logs for Construction Tracking
  • ✅ Clear Task Lists & Quality Assurance Checklists
  • 🔍 Instant Defect/Fix Tracking

💻 Convenient Owner’s Portal

  • 📅 Interactive Work Scheduling Calendar
  • 💡 Easy Material & Finish Selections
  • 👍 Seamless Change Order Approvals
  • 💳 Secure ACH Payment Processing

The Garden View 9-Step Design-Build Process

From initial property review to long-term warranty support, here is how we bring your vision to life:

01

Preliminary Consultation

  1. Consultant reviews property with you to discuss ideas, goals, and interests.
  2. Review portfolio together while noting your preferred aesthetic and functional needs.
  3. Discuss design styles and how art principles apply to landscape architecture.
  4. Review the Garden View workflow and project integration.
  5. Assemble a WAG (Rough Budget Estimate) for initial financial framing.
  6. Create and present the Design Proposal for your approval.
02

Design

  1. Project is assigned to a dedicated designer and introduced to client.
  2. Designer surveys and measures the property.
  3. Initial design plan created and presented for client review.
  4. Adjustments incorporated and final plan approved.
03

Estimating

  1. Estimator conducts site visit, verifies soil conditions, and takes precise counts.
  2. Measurements imported directly into takeoff software.
  3. Specialty trade bids solicited and assembled.
  4. Estimate loaded into Buildertrend portal.
  5. Estimate reviewed internally with Project Manager.
  6. Formal proposal reviewed together at Garden View offices.
04

Value Optimizing (Engineering)

We refine the proposal to ensure the design’s core essence and functionality remain intact while aligning precisely with your target investment. This phase involves cost/benefit analysis, material substitutions, scope adjustments, and phasing options.

05

Contract Signing

  1. Proposal and Terms/Conditions approved and signed by Client and Garden View.
  2. Initial $1,000 deposit collected to begin engineering and scheduling.
06

Permitting

  1. Permit details and engineering plans assembled by designer and estimator.
  2. Structural and environmental engineering details submitted to local authorities.
  3. Permit application submitted by Project Manager or Permit Expediter.
  4. Plan checker queries and municipal back-and-forth handled by experts.
  5. Master build schedule finalized during this interim.
07

The Build

  1. Build schedule activated with linked trades, daily tasks, and deadlines.
  2. Purchase orders issued and time goals assigned to craftspeople.
  3. Daily logs posted by Project Manager to track job progress.
  4. Selections, upgrades, and approvals managed via Buildertrend cloud portal.
  5. Transparent billing updated weekly based on completed work percentage.
08

Enjoy Your New Space!

  1. Receive your custom Garden View Owner’s Manual with plant care details and equipment specs.
  2. Access monthly garden tips tailored for your specific plantings.
  3. Over 70% of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals—we look forward to your feedback!
09

Warranty & Support

  1. Prompt resolution of any warranty requests via our central office logging system.
  2. Owner’s manual contains complete warranty terms, serial numbers, and care tips.
  3. Backed by over 40 years of local stability—we are always here to protect your investment.