For builders
What is on each line of a lot bid
A bid is a table you can lay beside your lot list: one row per plan type and lot size, one column per scope.
Sod area and pallets
Square feet from the plat and the plan, the grass you chose, and how many pallets that means.
Sprinkler zones
Zones, heads, sleeves under flatwork, backflow device, rain and freeze sensor, controller.
Beds, mulch and trees
Bed area, mulch depth, plant list by plan, and the street trees the community requires.
Corner lots and slopes
Priced on their own lines, with the extra sod, retaining or swale work written out.
What is not included
Fill dirt, fence repair, concrete washout cleanup and re-grading by the builder's crew are listed as exclusions, not found later.
Days and terms
The working days for each step, how releases are sent, and the invoice and lien waiver schedule.
Paperwork
What your office asks for, on request
Ask once and we email it. Each one is a single email, with your company named as holder where it applies.
Certificate of insurance
General liability and workers' compensation, with your company named as certificate holder.
Request a certificateIrrigator license
Our Texas irrigator license number and where to look it up, for each sprinkler permit.
Request the license copyLien waivers
Conditional and final waivers with each invoice or draw, on your form or ours.
Ask for a sample waiver
Credentials
The license and insurance behind each lot
Shown from the footer's records, so what you read here is what we send.
Irrigation license
Licensed Irrigator · TX Lic. 000000 · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
can design and install sprinkler systems
Insurance
General liability and workers' compensation · Carrier named on the certificate
certificate emailed with your company as holder
Before the walk
Questions a land coordinator asks
What happens at the walk?
Our estimator walks a sample of lots with your superintendent or land coordinator: grade, access, water source and meter locations, utility boxes, and any lot that needs fill or a swale. The written bid follows.
How do you invoice?
Per lot or per draw, as your agreement says. A lien waiver goes with each invoice, on your form or ours. Payment terms are set in the bid, not in a rate card.
Are you licensed and insured?
Sprinkler work is done under a Texas irrigator license; the number is in the footer, with a lookup link when the owner adds it. We carry general liability and workers' compensation, and Emilia emails the certificate with your company named as holder.
What should a lot look like before we arrive?
Pad graded close to final, utilities flagged, a live hose bib or other water source, a clear path for the pallet truck, and no stockpiles or concrete washout on the area to be sodded.
Ready to bid your next section?
Send the lot list and plans. We walk the section and write the bid by lot type.