Originally Posted by heyrey58 (Post 1995024)

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

Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 1995163)

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.

Originally Posted by butlerism (Post 1995545)

Massey, as far as I know, does not do any mowing or trimming.
They will provide lawn control only. no flower bed except for palm fertilizer which is a joke.
My freshly planted Robellini Palm is dead.
They will buy new one on the contract.
As for mowing.
Sit out front, enjoy your coffee, and write down phone numbers from the 1 million landscaper trucks floating thru TV.

Best advice. Talk to your neighbors.

I am ready to toss my mower guy.

Again moderators of TOTV.
These comments were so far off topic.

POG MO HOIN

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1995611)

The good news is Massey does do mowing. The bad news is that they do not do it very well. Their own people have told me to stay away from Massey for mowing.

Just started using Massey for irrigation. In about four months have had four technicians come.

Sprinkler system was not working properly so called them early Thursday morning asking for tech to call me. Late Friday afternoon he knocks on my door.

Showed him problem and he seems to have fixed it. Asked him why he didnt call first and said he didnt get a message to call first. Asked him how he would know why I called if I was not home and he didnt appreciate the question.

Thinking of asking a neighbor to teach me how the system works and how to replace sprinkler heads and doing myself.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1995695)

I just fired Massey for irrigation. They were only spending about 3 minutes for maintenance, and didn't even run all of the sprinklers. Although, they will come out and fix a sprinkler leak.

I also fired them for pest control because I have never had bugs in my house. I sprayed Ortho Home Defense outside my house and I have my fingers crossed.

Massey just started mowing my grass. They said they would mow every week, but, they only mowed it 2 times in August. I may need to fire them for mowing.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1995726)

I expect to fire them for irrigation when the year is up.

Who will you use for irrigation?

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1995729)

DIY. But, Massey did say they will still come out if I need to have a leak fixed, but, it may take a little longer.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1995611)

Thinking of asking a neighbor to teach me how the system works and how to replace sprinkler heads and doing myself.