We have drainage problems in our back yard, and water tends to just pool in the SE corner for days after a rain. I'm not 100% sure why that is, since, theoretically, it slopes a bit and should flow down to the creek at the end of the street, but whatever.
We called out a landscaper yesterday to give us a quote on a French drain, and holy crap, it's going to cost like $5000 dollars. Granted, it's going to be a big one, since it has to run the entire length of our back yard and then back in a little bit due to the drainage, but that still feels really high. He quoted it for 130 feet.
Anyone do a French drain for these sorts of things, and how much did you pay for it?