How HyreYard Works

The three steps

1. You tell us what you need and where you are. The project, the zip code, and — the question almost nobody is asked — what the ground does after heavy rain. That last one changes the order of the work more often than anything else on the form.
2. A person reads it and answers your question. Not an autoresponder, and not a quote, because we have not seen the property and we do not do the work. Where the honest answer is a different trade — a structural engineer for a wall carrying a driveway, a builder for water against a foundation — you get that answer instead of an introduction.
3. We tell you when we can introduce companies in your area. Nothing is passed to a landscaping company unless you agree to it first.

What we do, in one line each

• Explain the work so you can read a proposal — twelve service pages, each with the written scope to insist on.
• Publish the arithmetic rather than a national average — what landscaping costs, and twelve calculators that take your numbers.
• Read primary sources ourselves — permit thresholds, watering restrictions, turf rebates and state licensing, with the document and the retrieval date on the page. That is the research desk.
• Connect you to local companies, when that is live, with your agreement and not before.

What we do not do

• We do not perform outdoor work of any kind.
• We do not quote your project, and we do not publish a national average price.
• We do not rate, rank, review or recommend any company, and nobody buys a position here.
• We do not sell your details or run a lead auction.
• We do not use the words trusted, vetted, approved, certified or recommended about any company — see how we vet professionals.
• We do not recommend a specific pesticide, fertiliser, application rate or programme.

Why the buttons on this site are worded the way they are

A call to action is a promise in the imperative mood, and it should only promise what happens when it is pressed. “Get three quotes” is a volume guarantee. “Free estimate” is somebody else’s offer to make. “Same-day” is a timeframe nobody here can honour. So the button says Find a Landscaping Company, which is the thing we are actually building, and every page also keeps a plain “keep researching” path — because a page with only a conversion exit has stopped helping.

What makes a landscaping enquiry useful

If you want the most out of the reply, three details do most of the work, and they are the three a contractor will ask about first:

• What the ground does after rain. Photograph it during the next downpour. Standing water is invisible on a dry day and it is the single most useful fact about a property.
• Access. Whether a machine can reach the work, or whether everything goes through a 36-inch side gate in a wheelbarrow. On a small job this can be the largest labour line in the quote.
• What is already there. Mature trees, a septic field, a well, an easement, an HOA. Each of these changes what can be built and sometimes what may be built.

Ready when you are

Nothing on this site is gated. If you would rather read first, start with the service pages or the base specification. When you want to talk to someone, the form is on find a landscaping company and it takes a couple of minutes. If something here is still unanswered, the frequently asked questions cover the yard, the money, the permits and this site’s own business model in one place.