Hi, my name is Mithc Knapp, I’m the owner of Scenic Landscaping and Tapestry Landscape Architecture.
In this video clip we are going to speak about how to choose a landscape architect. First to picking an architect, it’s important that both styles, your style and the architect style are cohesive and that do on the same page.
From that point, a plan can start to be developed. The importance of the plan is to have a project that’s laid out and it’s on paper and you can see it and visualize it before you get started. So by doing that, you will know what ordinances you need to be protected from. There are a lot of issues with actually with lack coverage that impervious lack coverage and what space you're allowed to use outside.
Also, there are set back issues in a lot of different towns. Those things need to be dealt with as the plan starts to develop. From that point, the most important aspect after that is your budget because your budget is something that needs to be respected. If your budget is going to be hypothetically a hundred thousand dollars and the architect’s feeling it’s going to be $250 000, that’s a problem before you get started. So make sure that your budgets are aligned before starting.
On that point, when the plan is completed that will allow us to have a plan that can go out to the contractors. The contractors will be able to take that plan and be able to break it down, item by item and give you a course analysis before the project starts which will help you and the architect to proceed forward.
Having local knowledge on local material is a very important thing too. So it’s important to make sure that the materials are being picked and chosen are going to work an hour area.
Landscape architect from that point should be able to help you to align the team of people that should work with you and then go forward. So again let’s go through with at the process of having a plan is very important so you can see the overall project in the course before going.
If you would like to email me or contact me at ScenicLandscaping.com, I’d be more than glad to help from this point. Thank you.
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