Choosing the Right Licensed Landscape Contractor

(part one of a two part post about an Irvine Landscaping project)

Sometimes you need to hire a professional landscape company.  For our latest project in Irvine, the customer needed a bonded and licensed landscape contractor to follow the plans authorized by their Home Owner’s Association. Irvine is a quickly growing, master-planned community, so many of our jobs in Irvine are for new home owners and require the consent of an HOA. We met our customer a few months back when they first moved into their home.  They already had a plan for the Irvine  landscaping submitted to the HOA and were waiting to get approval before starting the work.

One Irvine Landscaping Company for One Landscape

Once they were approved, we gave them an estimate and were hired for the job because we could complete the entire job under one roof.  The customer wanted a backyard patio area surfaced with interlocking pavers and a fresh landscape with a new sprinkler system.  They took estimates from a couple of companies, but most of these other landscape companies only did hardscape or just softscape.  This was a major problem for our customer because both were required for this project.  They have moved several times in the last 10 years and have  played the contractor game before.

One major problem with this “game” of hiring multiple contractors for one landscape is that projects take longer to complete and companies get in each others’ way.  Oftentimes a project will sit unfinished because one contractor has to wait on another to complete his or her portion of the work.  What a headache! This is why our customer wanted one landscaping company to install all of their outdoor elements. Do I need a Licensed Landscape Contractor? Another company that the customer really liked didn’t have a license or insurance.  We were told that many of the new home owners hired this contractor for their large projects.  In fact, this other company is a fairly popular Irvine landscaping contractor in that area. This raises some questions.

Do you need a contractor’s  license to landscape someone’s house?

The answer is YES.  Any project over $600.00 requires a license in the State of California.  Most hardscape jobs are over this minimum limit. The next question is: What are the downsides to hiring an unlicensed contractor?  Without insurance or a bond, there is nothing to protect the customer from faulty work. An unlicensed landscape contractor can walk away with your money even if they install something like a gas line the wrong way and cause serious damage to your property!  Because of this, for all larger jobs it is best to hire a licensed landscape contractor like TRU Landscape Services (our license number is C-27 894221). To learn more about other Irvine Landscaping Projects or to contact us for a free estimate, call us now at 1-866-487-1359 or send us an email info@trulandscape.com

Click to read about the rest of this Irvine Landscaping project.