7 – Tips for hiring a Landscape Company

Make sure you take a hard look and ask the right questions to eliminate disappointments down the road. Service and attention to detail are the key factors to ensuring your landscape, hardscape and/or yard maintenance project is completed to your satisfaction. Whether you’re installing a simple landscape, pool deck or a complete outdoor-living space, the quality of the landscape contractor is important, extremely important!

What to look for:

1. Professionalism – Are they prompt in returning your calls? Do they show up on time for project meetings? Are they respectful of your valuable time by being focused, organized, and prepared for meetings?

2. Proposals – Are you presented a detailed, complete proposal that incorporates all of your project needs and wants?

3. Customer References – Are you provided with a list of references with contact names and phone numbers of people who will discuss their honest opinions of the company?

4. Project Examples – Are you shown examples of similar projects they have completed for your review and discussion?

5. Design Capability – Are they equipped to provide and share design advice for your project? Do they have a designer on staff?

6. Competitive Pricing – Once a project has been designed and presented, is their pricing competitive and meets the project elements you requested? “You get what you pay for” has always been true and especially in the landscaping business. There are many unseen ways to cut corners. If having a cheap price is your driving motivation, then more than likely you will be getting a cheap job. Choosing a company on price alone is never a good idea.

7. Management Participation – Is the management and the representative you are working with going to be involved in your project? Will they be paying special attention to the design details of the project, overseeing construction, and directing their crew in meeting the key elements of their proposal and communicating back to you?

Exceeding the clients’ expectations by listening to your ideas, wants, and needs is how Swan Creek Landscaping, Inc. has built a quality reputation over the past nine years, while adhering to the highest corporate standards in the industry today. If you are looking for a quality company to handle your Landscaping, Hardscapes and/or Yard Maintenance needs in the Cecil and Harford County area, please pick up the phone and call Swan Creek Landscaping.

Phone – 410.378.8668
Website: http://www.SwanCreekLandscaping.com

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The best time to landscape in Maryland is NOW!

The weather has turned cold, the boats have been taken out of the water and there’s the possibility of it snowing, but it is not the time to put your landscaping project in a folder on the back of your desk. To ensure that your new hardscape and landscape project is on the front burner come springtime, then right now is the time to get it designed and start the project moving.

What can your Landscaper get done in the winter?
At Swan Creek Landscaping we can meet with you to develop:
•  A “hit-list” of your wants, needs, and “have to haves” for your project
•  Design a project that meets those needs and is within your budget
•  Create site plans, including the materials needed for the project and a site layout
•  Develop a purchase order to buy some of the materials during the winter slowdown period when materials  pricing is at its lowest

Can you actually start work on the project?
That depends on the type of landscape or hardscape project you are requesting. Most of the time there is work that we can do that will give us a head start when the weather breaks and springtime arrives, including performing some preliminary layout work. There is also the possibility of some rough grading while the ground is hard and the grass is dormant, thus reducing the damage caused in the springtime when the ground thaws and the soil is wet. This time of the year is a great time to start the whole process moving for: Pool Decks, Fire Pits, Outdoor Fireplaces, Patios, Retaining Walls, and Outdoor Living Spaces.

Swan Creek Landscaping, Inc. helps home owners and businesses in Cecil and Harford Counties get a head-start on creating both Hardscapes, Softscapes and Landscapes that meet our clients’ wants and needs in a timely manner. From design, to construction, to maintaining your property year round, we will provide you with a landscaping experience that will exceed your expectations. Now is the time to be considering your landscaping needs. Please give us a call for a free consultation on how we can turn your ideas and visions into an outdoor living experience you will use for years to come and get a head start on your project.

Phone – 410.378.8668                                                                                               Website: http://www.SwanCreekLandscaping.com

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