![]() Our lot size is about a quarter of an acre and we have the biggest yard in our neighborhood, so saving anywhere we could was my main objective. There were lots of little blessings for us along the way, and it turned out that we didn’t have to landscape our side yard and the builder paid to do it! We were originally told that we would have to landscape our side yard as well, so we were looking at an even bigger cost than we originally had planned on. Our situation is a little unique because our builder was required to landscape our front yard as part of our contract so we actually saved a lot of money there. How do you build a good backyard on a budget? Here’s how we landscaped our yard for way less than those bids just by doing some of it ourselves. $6000 for only half of our yard didn’t sit well with me either, so we had to get even MORE creative than I thought. The second bid we got came in around $6000 and that was just for the lower level of our backyard and didn’t include sod! (Because our backyard is sloped so we actually ended up with a tiered yard! More on that below). ![]() The first bid we got came in at $16,000! There was no way we could drop 16 grand on our yard, so I knew we needed to look at a few other options. Having never had a backyard before (let alone a sloped yard), I had NO IDEA how much landscaping would cost. My main goal the first summer we lived in our house was to get our sloped backyard fully landscaped so we could enjoy it for at least a few weeks. Inside: You’ll love these sloped backyard ideas on a budget! I share how we transformed our yard and saved lots of money along the way. Please visit my disclosure policy for more information.
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