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Originally Posted by heyrey58
Hi all, newbie here..Village of Belle Aire..looking for reasonable lawn service for mowing, trimming, weeding. Got estimate from Massey, seems high and do we need grass cut weekly all year? Thanks in advance
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Not sure what you are seeking. Some people want and pay for full service, weeding, fertilizing, insecticides, fungicides, bush trimming etc etc.
It is a matter of choice. We have a guy who only mows and edges. We've been here for nine years. Truth it is a tough job. This is florida. Imagine mowing lawns in this HEAT.
We always pay on time, others frankly are more demanding then we are. If, they leave grass cuttings behind, I do not call them and have them come back, I rake it up and it is done. These people, in 9 years we are on our third mowing guy. We pay at the end of the month for the next month. First one did a good job, probably the best. We paid him,the check was cashed and he just disappeared-stealing a month from us. The next one perhaps not as good as the first but good enough. Family issues he quit in the middle of the month he did refund us he offered the whole month we only accepted half for the two weeks he did not do it. We are now on the third guy. Nice guy. Quality of his work, probably the worst of the three. But, so far he has lasted 3 years.
Proper lawn mowing in Florida. Fortunately your lawn can't read. It is suggested that you do not cut off more than 1/3 of the grass leaf. To do that in peak growing season you would need to mow twice a week. None of the pros will do that they do it once a week. As I said good enough is for me good enough. We pay these guys every month.
In the summer they more than earn their money in the winter they mow every two or three weeks but we still pay them the same.
Personally, we've lived in private homes, lawns etc most of the time. I am older than I was just yesterday. It seems my back is older than some of the other parts. This is the first time in my life that I have hired someone to mow my lawn. In high school I ran my own lawn mowing service. Perhaps, explains why we pay promptly, buy sodas for our mowing guy and are not demanding
Cheaper, my wife and I do the weeding, the fertilizing, hedge trimming, etc. I do not pay myself or my wife. Don't tell her. I cannot get over that she helps.