Estimate Desk
Landscaping cost estimate
Lawn refresh, beds, and a walk. Not a wall, a drain field, or a driveway. The band is a Kitsap planning range, about ±15%, not a contract price.
Default scenario
1,500 sf of lawn and 200 sf of beds
$4,400 – $6,000
Decks, fences, and landscape that meet the ground.
Planning band
$4,400 – $6,000
About 2 working days on site. Not a bid.
Line items, notes and what is not in the band are below the form.
Planning bandLine items and notes
$4,400 – $6,000
Point total about $5,200 · about 2 working days on site
Material and labor of the unit-priced lines: Material $2,585 · Labor $2,625
Default scenario: 1,500 sf of lawn and 200 sf of beds. Not a contract price. The band is the point total plus or minus 15%, a planning allowance we set for early estimates, not a measured accuracy. Prices include materials, labor, JKM overhead and fee, and 9.3% Washington sales tax. Working days on site are crew days. Design, permits and material lead times add calendar time before and between them.
| Item | Qty | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Lawn refresh — grade, soil, seed or sod blend | 1,500 sf | $2,250 |
| Planting beds, mulch, and a starter planting | 200 sf | $1,660 |
| Gravel or paver walk | 40 lf | $1,300 |
Notes
- This is a refresh, not a retaining wall, drain field, or new driveway. Those are their own scopes.
Not in this band
- Hazardous-material abatement. Asbestos and lead are common on pre-1978 houses and are separately licensed work.
- Structural repair discovered after demolition.
- A new electrical panel, water service, or septic, unless that line is on this estimate.
- Design fees, except where a drawing line is shown.
- Financing and temporary housing. (Washington sales tax, 9.3%, is included in these prices.)
- Retaining walls, large trees, and irrigation design drawings.
Planning band for Kitsap County. Not a bid. A site visit sets the number.
What the landscaping estimate covers
The landscaping estimate prices a refresh of the outdoor space around a house. It has three sizes to enter: the lawn area, the planting-bed area and the length of a walk. Each is its own line, priced by the square foot or the foot, and a switch adds spray irrigation to the lawn.
The default is a lawn of 1,500 square feet, 200 square feet of beds and 40 feet of walk, with no irrigation.
What the lines include
The lawn line covers grading, soil and a seed or sod blend, so it is the work of renewing a lawn and not just laying turf on top. The beds line covers the beds, mulch and a starter planting. The walk line is a gravel or paver walk priced by the foot.
Because the sizes are separate, you can set any of them to zero. A lawn with no beds and no walk is a different estimate from beds and a walk with no lawn, and the band follows your inputs.
What moves the number
Beds cost more per square foot than lawn, so the planting area has the largest effect for its size. A walk is priced by the foot and can add up quickly on a long path. Irrigation adds a per-square-foot line on the lawn.
Days on site follow the lawn and bed areas. A very small job is lifted to a minimum, and the desk shows it as a line when it applies. The hints under each size box tell you if you type a value outside the range the estimate covers.
What is not in the band
The notes are plain about the limits: this is a refresh, not a retaining wall, a drain field or a new driveway, and each of those is its own scope. The band leaves out retaining walls, large trees and irrigation design drawings. It also excludes the usual items: hazardous-material abatement, structural repair, a new panel or water service, design fees and financing. Washington sales tax is already included in the prices.
Drainage and slope matter in a wet climate, and a site visit is where we look at where water goes. Whether landscape work needs a permit depends on the work, especially for walls, grading and drainage, and on the office that covers your address. Our permit guides explain how the Kitsap authorities divide the communities. Use the band to set a budget for the yard, then ask for a site visit so we can walk it before we write the real estimate.
Scope ladder
Landscaping: three scopes compared
Each row is the Estimate Desk engine run on the inputs listed, so these numbers move whenever the desk does. They are planning bands, about ±15%, not bids.
| Scope and what was priced | Planning band |
|---|---|
Lawn onlyA lawn refresh with grading, soil and seed or sod, and no planting beds and no walk.
| $1,900 – $2,600Point total about $2,300About 1 working days |
Lawn, beds and a walkDesk defaultA lawn refresh, 200 square feet of planting beds with mulch and a starter planting, and a 40-foot gravel or paver walk.
| $4,400 – $6,000Point total about $5,200About 2 working days |
Larger beds, longer walkA lawn refresh with irrigation, 600 square feet of planting beds, and an 80-foot gravel or paver walk.
| $11,000 – $14,000Point total about $12,000About 4 working days |
Questions
Landscaping estimates: common questions
What does the landscaping estimate assume before I change anything?
The starting band, $4,400 – $6,000, is the default scenario (1,500 sf of lawn and 200 sf of beds). It prices a lawn refresh, planting beds with mulch and a starter planting, and a gravel or paver walk.
What kind of landscaping job is this estimate for?
A refresh. It prices a lawn, planting beds and a walk. It is not a retaining wall, a drain field or a new driveway, and those are their own scopes with their own estimates.
Does the landscaping estimate include irrigation?
Only as a switch for spray irrigation on the lawn. It is priced per square foot of lawn, and irrigation design drawings are not included.
Are trees included in the landscaping estimate?
A starter planting is included in the beds line. Large trees are not in the band, because their size, species and planting method change the cost too much for a planning number.
A site visit sets the number
Bring your result to the walk. We measure, check what is behind the walls, and replace the planning band with a written estimate.