Free property tools

Eight free calculators.

Materials, water, drainage, shade, habitat, pests, native planting, food gardens. Understand your land before you spend.

8 tools live No signup Hill Country tuned

Noon builds tools that help property owners make better decisions. These tools do not replace a Site Read — they help you understand the scale, cost, and logic of your property before investing in the wrong work.

Eight calculators below. Use them in any order. All math runs in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent. If a result surprises you, scroll down to book a Site Read — that is where numbers stop and reading starts.

§ I · Materials

Project Material Estimator.

Mulch · gravel · soil · compost · stone
Estimate · live
A 10 × 6 × 3″ mulch bed.
Cubic feet
18.8
ft³
Cubic yards
0.70
yd³
Bags (2 ft³)
10
10 bags @ 2 ft³
Approx. weight
560
lbs
Practical recommendation

Mulch settles ~20% in the first month. Add a little extra. Keep 2-3 inches deep for moisture and weed suppression; pull back 3 inches from tree trunks.

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§ II · Water

Rain Capture Estimator.

A 2,500 ft² roof in Bexar catches ~46,000 gal a year
Estimate · live
From a 2,000 ft² roof at 32 in/yr.
Per year
33,884
gallons
Per 1″ storm
1,059
gallons
Per ft² of roof
17
gal/yr
Recommended storage

For garden irrigation, target ~30 days of dry-spell storage. One 2,500-gal poly cistern + 2 IBC totes covers typical Hill Country summer gaps. Add a first-flush diverter and an overflow path to a bioswale.

  • Cistern size: 2,500 gal primary tank
  • First-flush diverter: 20 gal on the downspout side
  • Overflow goes to: bioswale or rain garden, not the street
Want this on YOUR property? We size cisterns, locate them on the slope, and pair them with bioswales for overflow.
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§ III · Drainage

Drainage Diagnostic.

Read the storm before you trench
Drainage risk · live
7 / 16
Moderate risk
A surface-water issue on slow soil.
What we'd build for this

A bioswale catches the runoff, slows it, and lets caliche fracture network do the infiltration over hours. Pair with regrading if foundation is at risk.

    A drainage issue can't be solved from a checklist alone. We walk the property after a storm to see where water actually goes.
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    § IV · Canopy

    Shade & Heat Score.

    Shade is infrastructure, not decoration
    Heat exposure · live
    68 / 100 heat risk
    High exposure
    15% canopy is well below the Hill Country target.
    Canopy gap
    +20%
    to reach goal
    Cooling delta
    8-12°F
    under canopy
    Native shade trees for your conditions
      Trees take 10 years to do their job. The trees you plant this year matter more than the ones you plant next.
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      § V · Habitat

      Habitat Health Score.

      Native habitat resolves the pest conversation
      Habitat score · live
      35 / 100
      Emerging habitat
      Good foundation, three or four moves from a real habitat property.
      What's missing — start here
        Habitat is built in layers. Most properties need a sequenced 12-month plan — not a one-time install.
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        § VI · Pests

        Organic Pest Protocol.

        Biological, cultural, physical — no synthetics
        Protocol · live
        Mosquitoes — moderate.

        Mosquitoes are a symptom of imbalance. The protocol below treats the imbalance, not the symptom.

        12-week organic protocol
          Pest pressure is property-wide and ecosystem-driven. The protocol works. Most owners need help executing the audit step.
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          § VII · Plant palette

          Native Planting Estimator.

          How many plants for your square footage
          Plant order · live
          200 ft² mass perennial bed at medium density.
          Total plants
          80
          1-gal recommended
          Grass / sedge
          24
          30%
          Forbs / flowers
          56
          70%
          Hill Country native palette for this type
            Plant counts are easy. Plant locations, soil prep, and water plan are the harder reads.
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            § VIII · Food

            Food Garden Starter.

            Bed sizing, soil volume, what to plant when
            Garden plan · live
            A spring supplement garden for 2.
            Bed area
            80
            ft²
            Soil volume
            3.0
            yd³
            Compost
            0.5
            yd³ amend
            What to plant — Hill Country
              A first garden either teaches you everything or burns you out. The difference is whether the soil was right before you planted.
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              Use as a starting point

              These tools provide rough estimates for planning purposes. Site conditions, access, slope, compaction, drainage, material availability, and installation method can change final quantities and cost.

              When numbers aren't enough

              Read the property first.

              A Site Read is 60-90 minutes on the property with Noon. Soil, water, sun, drainage, canopy, habitat, hardscape, food. Written summary inside 48 hours. From $299.

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