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If they want advice about technical problems with their landscaping, you give them an estimate or bid to fix it. Estimates or bids are usually free.
If they want a consultation because they think the last guy messed something up, I usually pass. Unless they come recommended or I have a brain fade. I usually try not to be the next guy that they complain about.
If they want an actual design consultation, I charge $65. - $75. per hour with a two hour minimum. Its not a direct money generator. We talk about their yard, I give them some ideas, sometimes I'll make a very casual sketch, they get excited and usually sign up.
Anyone who has the money to hire and landscape contractor shouldn't have a problem writing a check for 150.00. If they do, usually the are just time wasters. Every once in a while I get the DIYer who just wants to steal my ideas. Usually its a guy, not the wife, that wants to save money and he tries to pick my brain for ideas and how to actually install stuff.
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