Landscape Designer in Tweed Heads

Landscape Masterplan

Layout to design, or structures and ground heights to price?

One plan, worked out stage by stage, and I stay with you through quoting. Good design is not decided in one meeting. So the Masterplan is three stages, each approved one at a time. You see the design at each stage. At stage 3, I check each landscaper’s quote lists what the plans show. Your landscaper then measures on site to confirm their price.

First, we go through your yard and your ideas together. It’s $550, and it comes off stage 1, so $6,850 is the full total.

For

A new layout, or you’re not sure the one you have works

For

Retaining walls, steps, terracing, decks, drainage or lighting that trades need to price

For

Steep, multi-level or complex sites

Not for

Structures already set and it’s the garden and planting you need → Landscape Plan

The first step

Design Consultation. Up to 90 minutes, on site or by video. You get an email recap and, if you go ahead, the proposed design direction. It’s $550 including travel in Gold Coast metro. Outside the metro, travel is extra. Every home plan starts with it, and it counts in full.

The three stages

1. Concept · $1,850Your concept layout and mood board, walked through on a video call. One round of changes at the Concept. Send them as one list and I’ll make them in a single redraw. After that, minor 2D and schedule tweaks are included, but not changes to the 3D or renders. The budget round below is separate.
2. 3D + plants · $2,250A 3D model of the design, built on approximate ground heights. You see it on a video call. Model images and files aren’t handed over. The full planting plan and plant schedule: which plants, how many and where each goes. The planting bed shapes.
3. Renders, materials + spec · $2,750Three design renders of your finished garden. Materials and finishes. Ground heights from your survey, which may adjust the design. The layout and sizes of paving, walls and steps. Where lights, watering and drainage should go. An engineer or other licensed professional designs any retaining wall or drainage works. A spec for your landscaper and a list of what to buy and how much. All walked through on a video call.Quote support is included. Your landscaper quotes from the plans and the list of what to buy, so every trade prices the same plan. Send me each quote and I check it lists what the plans show. I aim to design to your approximate budget. Quotes can still come in over, so one round of design changes is included. The changes stay within the agreed design. It runs until you sign with a landscaper, or 6 weeks after your final plans, whichever is first. Your landscaper’s quote sets the cost. I don’t advise on price, quote, negotiate, review contract terms, visit site, supervise or manage the build.✓ Contractor handover included

Not included

• Engineering or certification

Your site survey

Stage 3 needs a contour and detail survey (ground heights) from a local surveyor, separate from the design fee. Recent Gold Coast surveyor prices for a 600 to 850 m² block ran about $2,090 to $2,750 inc GST. Yours depends on lot size, slope and access. After the call I can pass on surveyor contacts and tell you exactly what to ask for. Then every quote matches what the design needs. You engage and pay the surveyor directly. Architect or builder plans as well are ideal, but don’t replace the survey.

Pick a time that suits, by video. Take away what we cover, or go further if it’s a fit. I design it. A trusted landscaper builds it: yours, or I’ll suggest one if I know a good fit. I take no commission.

It’s $550.

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