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Is $2,500 a fair price for this landscaping job?

LandscapingTXScored 2026-04-303 priced lines
45out of 100
Quick answer

This real landscaping quote from TX totaled $2,500 and scored 45 out of 100 on QuoteScore, which reads as overpriced: 1 of its 3 priced line items came in above the normal market range. The largest line was Remove one mature tree (approx. 20 years old) leaning toward house, with previously treated split at $1,500, against a fair range of $800 to $3,000. For comparison, across the 185 landscaping quotes QuoteScore has scored, the average is 58.7 out of 100 and 37.8% scored under 50. A score is a pricing benchmark, not proof of overcharging.

The quote, line by line

Line itemQuoted
Remove one mature tree (approx. 20 years old) leaning toward house, with previously treated split
Fair range $800 to $3,000 Fair
$1,500
Haul debris
No benchmark for this line High
$700
Stump grinding
Fair range $100 to $500 Fair
$300

Quoted prices are what the shop or contractor wrote. Fair range is the regional benchmark QuoteScore compared each line against. Total quoted: $2,500. Names, companies and addresses are never shown.

How to read this

A QuoteScore of 70 or higher means the quote sits inside the normal market range for the work and region. Under 50 means at least one line was priced above that range. Higher quotes can be legitimate: better parts, a longer warranty, a harder job. The useful move is to ask about the specific lines marked High or Red flag, not to argue the total.

Landscaping is one of the 31 categories in the public QuoteScore dataset, currently 185 quotes with an average score of 58.7.

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