Why HIRE a landscape Designer?
HEre are the top 10 reasons why you should hire a landscape designer
1. VALUE TO YOUR HOME
The most important reason, of course, is adding value to your home! Hiring a landscape designer is one of the best investments of your home, adding as much as 15% to its value.
2. DESIGNING WITHIN YOUR BUDGET
When you hire us as your landscape designer, we’ll talk about your budget. We not only want to design a beautiful space for you, but also make sure that its easily attainable by not hurting your wallet. We are well aware of how much certain materials cost now, and can guide you in the right direction.
3. THE OVERALL PICTURE
By using state of the art 3-D rendering, we are able to create an easy to visualize landscape design. We start by rendering your existing home and elements that surround it. Next we will design your wish list of elements, i.e. plantings, patios, fire pit, fireplace, pool, spa, outdoor kitchen and more! You can easily see exactly where all of the landscape features are being conveyed around your property, and how the color schemes play off your home or existing features. When its time to hire a contractor to install your design, you can easily compare their pricing quote with the design, to see EXACTLY what you’ll be paying for.
4. PHASING
After your 3-D design is complete, we can guide you in the right direction on how to phase out your design. By breaking the design down into multiple phases over time, it will give you the ability to budget accordingly, if need be. We will recommend certain elements to install first, second, third and so on, so that you’re not back tracking later on, and spending unnecessary money.
5. AVOIDING MISTAKES
With our expert knowledge from plantings to pools to outdoor kitchens, a well executed design will avoid a lot of common pitfalls that homeowners make while trying to plan out their property’s design.
6. KNOWING LOCAL CODES
Before designing your property, we take the time to research town and federal codes relating to your design. Codes such as placements of swimming pools within a certain “setback” distance, or patios meeting the requirements of “impervious coverage” limit, you can be sure you won’t run into any hiccups.
7. EXPERT PLANT KNOWLEDGE
With over 15 years of expert plant knowledge, your planting plan will have the right plants in the right places. Many homeowners or landscapers will spend thousands of dollars of plant material not suitable for the properties sun exposure, soil conditions, drainage conditions or deer. Visionscape Design will place proper plantings in the RIGHT location to thrive for years to come. We will also supply you with a detailed planting list including species, sizes, and quantities.
8. EXPERT POOL & SPA KNOWLEDGE
We have worked closely with some of NJ’s and NY’s premier pool and spa builders, and know what it takes to design and build the proper pool or spa. By working within your budget, we can recommend and design a beautiful vinyl liner or gunite pool or spa. We stay up to date on the latest swimming pool trends, and will be sure to design to pool of your dreams!
9. VARIETY OF DESIGN SERVICES
Whatever you dream of we can design, some of the elements we can design for you are:
- PATIO DESIGN
- WALKWAY DESIGN
- WALL DESIGN
- STEPS DESIGN
- PLANT DESIGN
- POOL DESIGN
- SPA DESIGN
- FIRE PIT DESIGN
- FIREPLACE DESIGN
- OUTDOOR KITCHEN DESIGN
- PERGOLA DESIGN
- PAVILION OR CABANA DESIGN
- LIGHTING DESIGN
- NATIVE GARDEN DESIGN
- RAIN GARDEN DESIGN
- DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS DESIGN
- AND MORE!
10. EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS
Visionscape Design works with some of the top contractors in the area from patio installers to pool builders to landscapers. We can guide you in the right direction based on your location and design with the right contractor to price out and build your design. We always recommend getting at least 3 quotes to compare apples to apples, but this will be easy knowing you have a well detailed plan to compare pricing to!
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP?
If you’re interested in hiring us as your landscape designer in the northern New Jersey, Central New Jersey, or Upstate New York area, click on the “CONTACT US” button!
