How much does landscaping cost?
Landscaping is one of the best investments you can make when planning a home improvement project. It is possible to receive up to 200% return on your landscape investment when you sell your home, and a well landscaped home sells faster. When landscaping their home, homeowners will spend on average between 5% and 15% of their homes value, and will complete their landscaping in two to five installation phases. Although it can be slightly more cost effective to install an entire landscape in one phase, smaller phases of $3,000 to $9,000 are common. Projects below $2,000 generally take less than one full day for a crew to install and are less efficient due to travel and set up time. To determine how much to allocate for landscaping certain areas of your yard, first make a list of some general types of landscaping you may need, and prioritize it (example: #1 lawn & brick patio, #2 front foundation planting, #3 trees, #4 back foundation planting, #5 privacy plantings, #6 pergola, #7 water ga
