By Slaymaker Landscaping ยท Published
A site review is the point where photos and symptoms meet actual elevations, access, utilities, surfaces, and property constraints. A few preparations help the conversation spend less time reconstructing basic context.
Send the address and rain record in advance
Include wide wet-weather photos, approximate dimensions, when the water appears, and how long the ground remains soft. Label the direction each photo faces.
Open and measure the access route
Unlock gates, move vehicles when practical, control pets, and measure the narrowest opening. Point out fragile pavement, septic components, irrigation, lighting, or private lines you know about.
Make downspouts and outlets visible
Clear ordinary debris where safe and show where roof leaders, sump discharge, inlets, swales, and current outlets begin or end. Do not alter the system just before the visit.
List adjoining projects and future phases
Bring plans for patios, walls, pools, concrete, sheds, additions, or grading that could change elevations or cross a proposed route.
Leave with four answers
Confirm what must be measured or verified next, the likely source and route under review, which constraints affect the approach, and what information is needed for a written scope.