Sample Preliminary Budget |
The budget for Landscape Development is a figure that can be understood in several ways. It is useful to take a long term view of your project and to spread the total budget over its useful life.
This cost should represent the maximum investment you would like to make in your property. This investment can be made immediately, if you do it all at once, or in stages. All the stages can be planned at the outset so that each one fits into the "master plan."
The following figures show what a simple budget looks like for a medium-sized landscape project:: |
| 1. Concrete Retaining Wall |
| a. Concrete Wall--288 sq. ft. @ $35 per sq. ft. |
$10,080.00 |
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| 2. Stone Arrangement and Waterfall |
| a. Stone Arrangement 25 Tons @ $260.00 per ton |
$ 7,750.00 |
| b. Labor--4 men x 2 days @ $800.00 per day |
 960.00 |
| c. Crane--1 days @ $1,200 per day |
1,200.00 |
| d. Forklift 1 days @ $750 per day |
750.00 |
| e. Other Machines 1 day @ $500/day |
500.00 |
| d. Waterfall and Pond |
12,500.00 |
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$23,660.00 |
| 3. Demolition and Excavation |
| a. Demolish existing walls and patio |
$1,500.00 |
| b. Excavate for new patio and walls |
1,800.00 |
|
$3,300.00 |
| 4. Redwood Deck |
| a. Install deck--210 sq. ft. @ $18.00 per sq. ft. |
$5,880.00 |
| b. Install railing--12 linear ft. @ $25.00 per sq. ft. |
300.00 |
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$6,180.00 |
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| 5. Hot Tub |
$12,000.00 |
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| 6. Planting |
| a. 5 gal. shrubs--13 @ $40.00 each |
540.00 |
| b. 1 gal. shrubs--25 @ $12.00 each |
300.00 |
| c. Groundcover--588 sq. ft. @ $3.00 per sq. ft. |
1,764.00 |
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$2,584.00
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| 7. Lighting |
$3,000.00 |
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| 8. Irrigation |
$3,000.00
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TOTAL |
$66,388.00 |
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