How Landscaping Contractors Use Builtie to Land the Work Behind Every New Build
The sod goes down in October. The call about who lays it was made in spring, in a site trailer, while the house was still studs and a tarp. You drove past that lot a dozen times. You never knew it was a job until the stone was stacked on the driveway, and it wasn't yours. Builtie finds those lots for landscapers while the house is still framing, with the builder and the person who awards the outdoor work named.
Every custom home ends with a blank lot and a budget for grading, drainage, hardscape and planting. Here is how landscaping and hardscape contractors use Builtie to reach the builder and the owner before that budget is spent, and to book the season early.
Two buyers on the same lot
The builder owns grading, drainage, retaining structures and anything tied to the permit. Rough grading and drainage get settled early, around excavation and foundation. Finish grading gets settled during framing, usually with the same landscaper the builder used on the last few builds. Nobody sends out a tender; they call whoever answered last time.
The owner or landscape designer owns the finished package: patios, walls, driveways, planting, lighting, pools. They decide during finishing, when the kitchen is in and the yard is still a mud pit, and they ask the builder who to call.
Be the builder's landscaper and the introduction to the owner comes free. Builtie's feed is built to find those builders: it reads permits and planning records, classifies each project, matches it to landscaping and hardscape scope, and shows you the ones in your territory with the stage and the decision maker attached. Additions, infill and multiplex conversions carry landscape scope too, and they sit in the same feed.
The window is wide, and it opens early
Builtie stamps each project with a stage. For a landscaper the window runs from foundation through finishing: the builder settles site work at the front of it, the owner settles the package at the back. A project marked complete is already someone else's lawn. The field team checks the projects that matter in person, so the stage you see is what the site looks like, not what the permit said months ago. And because the feed shows builds months ahead of install, what is framing this fall is your spring.
Reach the builder, get walked to the owner
For each qualified project Builtie identifies the builder, developer or owner and the person who awards work, with email, phone and LinkedIn where they can be verified. On Growth it runs personalized LinkedIn and email outreach under your name, about their project. "You're framing the infill on Glen Manor; we did the grading and the stone on two lots that size in the Beach last year and can walk the site whenever you're ready" is a note about this house and the next one. Replies land in your inbox, classified, and on your Action Plan; the moment a person replies, the automation stops and you take over.
Closing: the site walk
Landscaping closes on a site walk, drawings in hand, with a design that fits the house instead of fighting it. Builtie gets you the invitation while the house is still a frame: a visit from today's route, a concept the builder can hand the owner, a follow-up before the finish budget is spoken for. The builders who answer once are the ones who walk you to the owner every time after.
Week one
- Set your profile: landscaping and hardscape, residential and the commercial you want, your territory.
- Review the feed: new builds and additions from foundation through finishing, buyer attached.
- Approve the outreach drafts; they go out under your name.
- Work the Action Plan: replies, today's route, builders to call.
- Note the builders who build again and again in your territory. Their next lot is your next spring.
How Builtie fits
Starter covers up to 20 projects a month, the buyer identified and outreach done for you, for $79 per month per seat with a 7-day free trial. Growth raises that to 50 projects a month and adds the events and exhibitions dashboard and social media signals: early word from builders and designers announcing new work before it goes public.
Know the projects. Reach the decision makers. See the lots opening in your area at builtie.com.
Frequently asked questions
When is landscaping decided on a new build?
Early and in two parts, months before the crew arrives. Grading and drainage are settled with the builder around foundation and framing; hardscape and planting are settled with the owner or designer once the interior is under way. Both calls land well before the site is ready for a shovel.
Who buys landscaping on a construction project?
On custom homes, the builder for grading, drainage and site work, and the owner or landscape designer for the finished package. On multi-unit and commercial projects, the general contractor or developer. Builtie works out which applies on each project and attaches their contact.
Can Builtie help fill the shoulder seasons?
Yes. The feed shows projects months before any landscaping is installed, so you can book spring and fall work over the winter from the builds framing right now, instead of waiting for the phone to ring in May.
Builtie Team
Intelligence and outreach for North American construction trades.
