We got a new yard!! I have been wanted to do an overhaul our yard for years now and we were FINALLY able to get the north front and side yard finished!! It looks so great! We love it! We knew we needed a complete reset, but went back and forth on what to do -- rip out our failing grass and start over with new sod? Go with complete Zeriscaping? I had been taking pictures of yards that I liked that had desert landscaping and playing around with an AI program that gave landscaping ideas from an uploaded picture.
We weren't really considering turf because I generally don't like the look and feel of it. But then we went to a home show at the Dixie Convention Center in September and a company called Total Turf Supply had the entire bottom of their large booth covered in a thick, soft, green turf. We felt it and walked on it and I thought, "I actually like this!" They were offering $8.00 a square foot for the turf and installation. We set up an time for the owner, Kris, to come to our house and give us a bid. Then we walked around and saw all of the other booths. There were several more who also had turf, but none of them matched the look and feel of that first one. Plus all of the others were quite a bit more expensive -- some were $12.00 a square foot for turf and installation.
He came over and talked through ideas with us and took measurements and gave us a bid. I had already had a couple of other landscapers come over to give us ideas and bids as well. In the end we decided to go with Total Turf. It was expensive, but less than the other bids. Even though it was expensive, we were working hard and saving money and felt like we could manage it. We paid a down payment of half the amount in October and hoped they would get started right away, but it ended up being pushed out for months. They originally planned to come in November, but due to some poor weather, they were behind schedule.
We were hoping to be finished by Thanksgiving, and then by Christmas. But I didn't worry too much about the delay. We weren't in a huge hurry and it gave us more time to work and earn money towards the yard. They finally made it over in February and knocked it out in a week. Our yard looks complete different! But now that part of the yard looks great, it makes the other part of our yard look terrible in comparison, ha ha! So hopefully we can move forward on phase two of the yard quickly! Click HERE for an album of pictures!! I will also include a few below! (Total price for this phase was $22,325.00)
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