There’s no doubt about it – landscaping completely transforms the exterior of a home.
Landscaping Your Custom Home with G&G
It All Starts with a Design
“I get their mind expanded to the thought that we are putting in more than boxwoods,” says Addington, who stresses the importance of creating a future roadmap so that there is a plan in place moving forward when the time is right. “It may be five years from now, but we want to get it all captured in one spot on a piece of paper.”
Addington notes that while a lot of folks outside of the new construction industry will want to pull the trigger without a design, his crew won’t work without one.
“It all starts and ends with a design, which provides clear instructions for everyone,” says Addington. “If I know you want to install a pool in a year or two, then we’re not going to put irrigation and a big tree in the middle of your yard because we’d have to tear it all back out. If, however, you plan ahead and start mapping out irrigation and landscaping around that, the process is more seamless.”
“Grass up to the house would be so boring. Give life to a home by adding colors and textures, which makes the homeowner smile.”
Landscaping and Your Budget
Some folks have burned through their budget before getting to landscaping. While they can’t make their ideas come to fruition now, they’d like to complete different landscaping projects every year or two. There again, a master design plan comes in handy.
Oftentimes homeowners have a hard time visualizing what something will look like so Addington, whose mission is to enhance his clients’ properties while exceeding their expectations to the point of a referral, provides either 2D and 3D design renderings or even fly-through CADs with drones.
The Gill family, who recently built with G&G Custom Homes, has a lot that sits atop a hill with a drop-off, so Addington’s team built mega walls all the way around the backyard and elevated it. Since the family has small children, they created green space and added steps down to a lower level that houses the golf cart garage and firepit.
“It was a really cool transformation with a lot of natural stone,” says Addington. The selections nicely complement the woodsy setting as it sits off hole 17 in Chatham Hills. Addington takes careful notes about what is important to his clients, then incorporates those special nuggets into his design. For instance, in the CAD renderings he may include their specific car in their driveway or a decal of their favorite sports team on the bottom of the pool.
“Again, it’s not just landscaping we’re doing,” says Addington. “We’re giving life to a house and giving homeowners something to enjoy over many years.”
G&G Custom Homes believes in building homes that are built for living, and that all starts with a conversation, with your builder, your landscaper, and the other teams that will bring your home to life.
Connect with the G&G team today to get your custom home and landscaping conversation started.
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