Landscaping in Greater Austin.
Know what to include, what affects the price, and what to check with your contractor before work begins. Use this guide to prepare your project details.
Trade know-how
Understand the job before it starts.
Landscaping is assessment-first because the site, drainage, soil, sun, utilities, trees, irrigation, access, and long-term maintenance shape the plan. Use these five phases to describe the work clearly. The professional still verifies field conditions, requirements, and the final scope.
How this work starts
A site assessment comes first
Name the result
- Describe the outcome—planting, beds, grading, drainage, irrigation, hardscape support, tree work, cleanup, or redesign.
- Also include the property areas involved.
Document what is visible
- Record site photos, sun and shade, drainage after rain, slope, existing plants and trees.
- Also record irrigation, utilities, gates, access, pets, maintenance goals, and known restrictions.
Use the honest review path
- A site assessment confirms dimensions, soil and drainage, grades, plant conditions, irrigation.
- Also verify tree and utility boundaries, access, permit triggers, and what can be maintained.
Approve the written scope
- Confirm the layout, quantities and plant sizes, soil and drainage work, irrigation, edging and mulch.
- Also confirm grading, tree limits, utility locates, permit responsibility, care, and exclusions.
Keep one project record
- Continue in Completa with the site plan, plant and material selections, utility and permit notes.
- Also keep approved phases, installation proof, care instructions, and changes.
How your project works
From your idea to an agreed plan.
Describe the work, review an estimate, and choose a local pro where matching is available. Your contractor checks the project before you both agree to the work and price.
01 · Describe
Tell us what you need.
Add your address, photos, measurements, and preferred timing.
02 · Estimate
See an estimate or get a closer look.
Supported work with enough detail can receive a real-time estimate.
03 · Choose a pro
Find the right fit for your project.
Where matching is available, compare local pros and choose whom to hire.
04 · Agree and begin
Keep the agreed plan in one place.
You and your contractor approve the work, price, and terms before the job begins.
When an on-site review is needed
Some details need a visit.
A professional checks conditions that photos or measurements cannot safely confirm. The review helps define the work; it does not guarantee acceptance or a particular price. Unknown work must be reviewed before it is priced.
No submitted estimate becomes accepted work until a professional reviews the project and both sides agree to the scope, price, and terms.
Accuracy references
Official guidance supports the safety, permit, and inspection notes on this page.
Take the details with you
Continue the project in Completa.
The app asks the landscaping-specific questions and keeps photos, scope, approvals, milestones, and the project record together.
Plan before the project
Make the next landscaping decision clearly.
Use the relevant cost, permit, contractor-review, change-order, and estimating guidance without leaving the project-planning path.