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The garden is more than just the space behind your house. A well-designed garden can add a whole new dimension to your home, even increasing the value of your property.
Our design philosophy is to respond sensitively to our clients' needs and carefully integrate their house into the garden, and the garden into its surroundings, with plants and materials appropriate to the character and location of the site. This philosophy permeates all our design work, whether in town or country, at home or abroad.
Our professional design process ensures that you stay involved at every stage in the evolution of your new garden.
Design Process
Step 1 - Briefing
We introduce Terramater to you at the initial site visit by:
- Presenting examples of our work
- Gaining an understanding of what you want
- Discussing the type of garden and it's setting
- Discussing the budget
Step 2 - De-brief with design cost estimate
This visit will be followed-up with a letter confirming your instructions, giving an estimate of the design costs and a description of the next stage of the work.
Step 3 - Design
At this stage we will:
- Conduct a site survey - We will take detailed measurements, make note of any significant changes in ground level. If needed we will ask for a detailed topographic survey.
Step 4 - Concepts
At this step we will:
- Prepare concept drawings - We will present on paper our initial interpretation of your garden. At this stage you will be encouraged to make comments and have an input in the creation of the garden.
- Present the final plan - The design process is now complete. We have interpreted the amendments you requested and the garden design is drawn to scale and ready to construction. Our plans will also include: Layout plan, Planting plan, Construction drawings, sections, elevations and axonometrix drawings (if needed) and Costs estimates.
To create the garden of your dreams requires successfully co-ordinating teams of people with different skills. Terramater Paisagismo is an experienced pratice and we would be happy to manage the construction of your garden. The construction contract is always directly between the client and the contractor, but as contract administrator we are able to assist with procedural items such as the agreement of stage payments, inspection of the works to ensure they are in accordance with the specification and identification of any cost or time variances.
"how much can it cost? "
The design fee varies with the size of the garden, the complexity of the works, access to the site and so on. At the start of the project we will provide a written fee offer and the consultation meeting may be chargeable depending on distance or size of project which will be refunded on commissionice.The design fee excludes items such as planning fees, arboriculturalist reports, structural engineers, architects and so on. Naturally we will identify any such requirements in advance and ensure you are fully aware of the associated costs.