8 questions to ask a landscape designer
Jul 06, 2017 Exteriors
Text: Onal Kothari
Photograph: Onal Kothari
Photograph: Onal Kothari
Every farm house owner dreams of having natural surroundings. Two factors play an important role in farm house design ie. site and landscape designer. Architect Onal Kothari helps you with the right queries to ask your landscape designer before you finalize one.
- Services: Landscape is just like any other design services where the designer offers services such as design only, design and build and design, build and maintenance program. Every potential client must ask his/her landscape designer about the scope of work they offer and manage. Also, ask about their specialization and revisions and if there is a team or person in place to oversee the work.
- Ask for previous works: Whether modern and clean or traditional and ornamented, works reflect the design style of a designer. Asking for a landscape portfolio of your designer would not only make your decision easy but also help the designer to understand your choices and mood for the project.
- Consultancy: Many landscape architects offer chargeable one to two hours consultancy, i.e. a meeting which is much like joining for a walk around the garden, suggestions and discussions about every spot and scoop with some design corrections. Enquire about their consultancy fees and number of visits.
- Design process: Depending on the services you want your landscape designer to offer, raise a question about the design process they will be proceeding with so that the process is easier and faster for execution. Get to know everything in the beginning and understand every creative possibility irrespective of the budget.
- Estimated cost: Check whether the design meets your financial expectation. Ask your designer about the range of materials and respective cost for designs and its execution. Enquire if there are ways to reduce the final cost and also about hardscapes and plantation.
- Installation time: Enquire about the deadline or timeline for the installation process. This is important to ensure your routine life is not affected. It will also help you understand if there is a need to undertake management responsibilities of ordering and delivering materials during installation.
- Time for fully developed garden: Depending on the scope of design, selection of trees and microclimatic condition of your home, every garden design adopts different timelines to develop. A smaller area plantation can grow in a single season while a large garden with variety of plants could take years.
- Maintenance: Different garden and yard designs with plants need different level of care. Small gardens are easy to take care of whereas larger areas call for a supervisor. Ask your landscape designer if the company offers any maintenance program. It is necessary to keep your garden alive and nourishing for ages.
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