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Agla, that's a well thought out response. All valid points. I emailed the LA so I'll wait for a response and take it from there. Funny, my wife acts as a sounding board for me when I'm kicking around new ideas, and she mentioned a few of the same disadvantages that you did.
The majority of my jobs have not, and likely won't, require a full blown done to scale professionally laid out, architectual drawing. For those jobs, I am perfectly capable of handling everything start-to-finish.
I'm just looking to have a LA in mind when a customer does want the full design done, incorporating an entire landscape of their property, rather than an individual feature (eg. patio) added to their current landscape. Beyond that, if the LA has some customers that he would like a contractor to put in for him, I'd be glad to have a look at them.
Your idea of hiring an in-house designer may work as I have more need for designs on a regular basis. At that point, I may look for young students that are completing their design studies and are looking for work. They can do design work for me, and work in the field too. In the winter I'd have them plowing as well.
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