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Landscape quote in 90 seconds.
Type paving m², retaining lm, turf m², plant count. Engine sums supply + labour for each section, prices irrigation drip + controller, totals into a branded PDF.
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12 The Boulevard, Camberwell 3124
- 50m² concrete paving supply + lay$5,725
- 10m treated pine retaining 600mm$1,985
- 30m² Sir Walter Buffalo turf$1,185
- Garden install · 20m² + 30 plants$1,790
- GST (10%)$1,069
inc 10% GST
Already in the template
The maths your Excel sheet keeps getting wrong.
Everything below is baked into the landscape template before you sign up. You answer your business questions once in onboarding, every quote rebases.
- 01
Paving supply $/m² by 8 stone types (concrete paver through to granite)
- 02
Retaining wall scales by height factor — 1.0 at 600mm, 1.5 at 900mm
- 03
Turf species lookup (Sir Walter, Kikuyu, Empire Zoysia, TifTuf, Couch)
- 04
Mulch m³ derived from garden area × depth automatically
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Excavation $/m³ + flat tip fee combined into one site-cut line
Why tradies switch
Faster quotes, the same maths every time.
Sections that can stand alone
A job might be just paving, just retaining, or all six (paving + retaining + turf + garden + irrigation + excavation). Each section toggles independently — no forced bundles.
Retaining height is honest
Treated pine at 600mm is one rate. At 1.2m it's 2× materials + 2× labour because of the footing + tie-back. Engine applies the factor without you remembering.
Plants + mulch + irrigation as one section
Garden install rolls plant count × $/plant + mulch m³ × $/m³ + drip line lm × $/lm into a tidy 'garden' subtotal the customer sees as one block.
Under the bonnet
How retaining wall height scales the price
A retaining wall at 600mm height is the engine's baseline — materials per linear metre comes straight from the lookup table. Doubling the height to 1200mm isn't 2× materials, though: extra sleepers + posts go in, but also the footing has to be deeper, the drainage stone increases, and labour roughly doubles because of the engineering bracing.
The template encodes this as a `height_factor = max(0.5, height_mm ÷ 600)`. A 900mm wall is 1.5×, a 1.2m wall is 2.0×, a 1.8m wall is 3.0×. Materials and labour both scale by the factor — no separate 'tall wall' multiplier to forget.
Above 1m the help text flags engineer-stamped design as a legal requirement in most AU states. The engine doesn't refuse to quote — it's your call, but the customer-facing PDF carries the flag in the line-item note so there's a paper trail.
Landscaping · FAQ
Trade-specific questions.
The questions landscape tradies actually ask. Want to see how it works on a real job?
Does it handle paver patterns / cut waste?
Materials cost includes a standard 10% cut-waste allowance. If you're laying a complex herringbone, override the per-sqm rate on the quote and the engine respects the override.
Can I quote walls over 1m?
Yes — but walls over 1m typically need an engineer-stamped design. The job-input help text reminds you to flag that in scope. Engine still prices the materials + labour at the height factor.
What about excavation by an external machine operator?
Tick 'include excavation' and use the per-m³ rate that matches your operator's quoted figure. The tip fee is a separate flat-rate input so you bill the customer for both honestly.
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