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Posted by MikeNereson on April 19, 2007, 2:52 pm
Good day.
I'm in a new construction home on a lot of dirt. I have an allowance
from the builder to landscape. Its not enough of an allowance for this
big lot, so I need to do it on my own. Now, I have some estimates to
get the loam and hydro seed delivered, but I need to prep the lot
before I have anything delivered. I also have to grade the back yard.
So, my question is this. Can anyone advice me on what it is that I
need to do to prep the lot? For example, the builder appears to have
just used a bulldozer to level things out, so there are roots,
branches, rocks, sand, pebbles, nail, pieces of the siding, ect all
over the place. I can rake up the trash and some of the debris pretty
easily. But when I rake up the roots, I get 3 more roots pulled up for
every one that I rake up. And there are plenty of rocks out there too.
Here is the lot... http://picasaweb.google.com/absoluteabsolution/Unfinished
If I paid a landscaper to do all the work of loaming and seeding, what
would they do to prep the lot?
Any advice or suggestions of any sort are greatly appreciated. Thanks
everyone.
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Posted by Art on April 19, 2007, 5:29 pm
The first thing I would do is make sure there is a properly installed
perimeter drain system that works. Most builders screw them up.
> Good day.
>
> I'm in a new construction home on a lot of dirt. I have an allowance
> from the builder to landscape. Its not enough of an allowance for this
> big lot, so I need to do it on my own. Now, I have some estimates to
> get the loam and hydro seed delivered, but I need to prep the lot
> before I have anything delivered. I also have to grade the back yard.
>
> So, my question is this. Can anyone advice me on what it is that I
> need to do to prep the lot? For example, the builder appears to have
> just used a bulldozer to level things out, so there are roots,
> branches, rocks, sand, pebbles, nail, pieces of the siding, ect all
> over the place. I can rake up the trash and some of the debris pretty
> easily. But when I rake up the roots, I get 3 more roots pulled up for
> every one that I rake up. And there are plenty of rocks out there too.
>
> Here is the lot...
> http://picasaweb.google.com/absoluteabsolution/Unfinished
>
> If I paid a landscaper to do all the work of loaming and seeding, what
> would they do to prep the lot?
>
> Any advice or suggestions of any sort are greatly appreciated. Thanks
> everyone.
>
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Posted by Norminn on April 19, 2007, 5:55 pm
MikeNereson wrote:
> Good day.
>
> I'm in a new construction home on a lot of dirt. I have an allowance
> from the builder to landscape. Its not enough of an allowance for this
> big lot, so I need to do it on my own. Now, I have some estimates to
> get the loam and hydro seed delivered, but I need to prep the lot
> before I have anything delivered. I also have to grade the back yard.
>
> So, my question is this. Can anyone advice me on what it is that I
> need to do to prep the lot? For example, the builder appears to have
> just used a bulldozer to level things out, so there are roots,
> branches, rocks, sand, pebbles, nail, pieces of the siding, ect all
> over the place. I can rake up the trash and some of the debris pretty
> easily. But when I rake up the roots, I get 3 more roots pulled up for
> every one that I rake up. And there are plenty of rocks out there too.
>
> Here is the lot... http://picasaweb.google.com/absoluteabsolution/Unfinished
>
> If I paid a landscaper to do all the work of loaming and seeding, what
> would they do to prep the lot?
>
> Any advice or suggestions of any sort are greatly appreciated. Thanks
> everyone.
>
I would use the allowance to grade and put in topsoil, sod the front if
possible. Before that, I would tell the builder to clean up his waste.
Does anything in your contract or local code address removing waste?
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Posted by Monty K. on April 19, 2007, 9:44 pm
MikeNereson wrote:
> Good day.
>
> I'm in a new construction home on a lot of dirt. I have an allowance
> from the builder to landscape. Its not enough of an allowance for this
> big lot, so I need to do it on my own. Now, I have some estimates to
> get the loam and hydro seed delivered, but I need to prep the lot
> before I have anything delivered. I also have to grade the back yard.
>
> So, my question is this. Can anyone advice me on what it is that I
> need to do to prep the lot? For example, the builder appears to have
> just used a bulldozer to level things out, so there are roots,
> branches, rocks, sand, pebbles, nail, pieces of the siding, ect all
> over the place. I can rake up the trash and some of the debris pretty
> easily. But when I rake up the roots, I get 3 more roots pulled up for
> every one that I rake up. And there are plenty of rocks out there too.
>
> Here is the lot... http://picasaweb.google.com/absoluteabsolution/Unfinished
>
> If I paid a landscaper to do all the work of loaming and seeding, what
> would they do to prep the lot?
>
> Any advice or suggestions of any sort are greatly appreciated. Thanks
> everyone.
The builder did, what is called "rough grading".
Probably the least a landscaper would have to do is: Use of a rockhound,
and a minimum of 2" of topsoil.
There could be a lot more involved with "fill dirt", especially low
spots or sloping away from the foundation.
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Posted by lp13-30 on April 20, 2007, 12:27 am
If you think you would ever want a sprinkler system, now would be the
time to put one in. Larry
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