Luiz has pretty much demolished the wall and unsightly flagstones. Now onto installing beautiful granite steps and rebuilding the wall. Notice how there is very little mortar showing even though it is a mortared wall.
LUIZ REBUILDS THE WALL
LOOKING GOOD!!!
We started to whip this yard into shape last year. Lots of dead trees, mounds of dirt, ugly driveway and front stairs. I'll post those before and afters soon, but what I have now is the progress on the back stairs. The before pix shows a mishmash of stone and deteriorating walls.
Luiz is taking down the walls and installing sturdy granite stairs and bluestone landings. We chose an old looking granite composed of greys and browns. Once the stairs and walls are rebuilt we will fill in the beds with beautiful and lush plantings. Stay tuned for more!
Massreality.com recently interviewed me to learn more about the business. Here's an excerpt from the article and a link to the complete story.
A good landscape firm must take pride in its work with every plant or stone chosen for a specific location and carefully installed. Listening to clients needs and being flexible to change direction or come up with multiple solutions. Customer satisfaction is extremely important as well as building client trust and confidence.
The ideal client trusts me to deliver exactly what he/she envisions their landscape environment to be. I do my best work when clients describe to me what they are looking for and tell me to go for it. That's how artists do their best work.
The proof is in the pudding, or rather the planting. We have a lot of conversations, sample and design review before a plant or stone goes in the ground.
How do you come up with your pricing and are you flexible?
Will my job be finished on an agreed upon timeline?
Will I be the only client you will be working with or are you on other job sites? If not, how will this affect my project?
I think it's important to understand the environment you are working in and how the client wants to use it. We are actually creating outdoor rooms for people to move through and enjoy. One has to keep in mind how the space will develop years from the installation and the maintenance that will be required.
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