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What we need from you, and what we do not

A useful quote needs surprisingly little. Your address, so we can see the property and know which of our routes it sits on. A rough idea of what you want - the whole yard handled, or just the mowing, or a specific problem you have noticed. And a way to reach you.

What we do not need is for you to have diagnosed anything. "The grass has brown patches and I do not know why" is a perfectly good starting point, and it is the most common one. Working out whether that is chinch bugs, fungus or an irrigation problem is our job, not yours, and the three look almost identical to anyone who has not spent years looking at them.

A photograph helps more than a paragraph if something specific is bothering you. One from far enough back to show the area, one close enough to see the grass itself.

How pricing actually works

Lawn pricing comes down to size, access and condition, and it is worth understanding all three because they explain why two houses on the same street can be quoted differently.

Size is the obvious one, and it is the mowable area rather than the lot size. A large lot that is mostly beds, hardscape and trees can have less grass than a smaller lot that is all lawn.

Access matters more than people expect. A gate wide enough for a mower, or not. A back yard reached down a narrow side path. Steep banks, or areas that have to be trimmed by hand because nothing can get to them. All of that is time.

Condition affects the start rather than the ongoing price. A lawn that has been maintained is a straightforward first visit. A property that has been let go usually needs a one-off cleanup first, quoted separately, after which regular service costs the same as anyone else's.

We quote a monthly figure for ongoing work rather than per visit, because visit frequency changes with the season - weekly through the growing months, less often when growth slows - and a per-visit price would mean your bill swinging around for no reason.

What happens after you send this

Someone reads it, looks at the property, and comes back to you with a price. For straightforward lawn service that is usually all it takes and we do not need to visit.

Where the job is less standard - a design and planting project, a badly overgrown property, or a problem that needs diagnosing on the ground - we will arrange to come and look. That visit is free and there is nothing to sign at the end of it.

If we think you need less than you have asked for, we will tell you. Plenty of the lawns we are asked to put on a full program need a mowing height change and a couple of months of consistency rather than a treatment plan.

What a first month looks like

The first visit on a new property is usually the longest, because we are learning the place as well as cutting it. Where the beds end, which gate we use, where the irrigation heads are, which areas need hand trimming, and what condition the lawn is genuinely in once we are standing on it.

After that it settles into a rhythm. Same crew where we can manage it, roughly the same day each week, and a note from us when there is something worth telling you about.

If the lawn has problems, the first month is diagnosis rather than transformation. Turf recovers over a season, not over a fortnight, and anyone promising otherwise is selling something. What you should see quickly is the property looking cared for - clean edges, consistent cut height, beds tidy - because that part is immediate.

Bundling, and whether it is worth it

Most people who want the whole yard handled end up on the lawn and shrub plan, which folds mowing, feeding, weed control and pest treatment into one schedule and one invoice.

The honest reason to bundle is not the discount. It is that these things interact. A lawn cut too short cannot use the fertiliser it is given. Weeds establish in the gaps that scalping creates. Chinch bug damage becomes irreversible within a fortnight, and the people most likely to catch it early are the ones standing on the grass every week. When one company does all of it, the diagnosis and the response happen in the same visit rather than through three phone calls.

If you enjoy mowing your own lawn and only want help with the technical side, take the treatment program on its own. That is a perfectly sensible arrangement.

Getting a straight answer about your own lawn

One last thing worth saying, because it is the most useful information on this page.

A great many of the lawns we are asked to rescue do not need rescuing. They need cutting higher, watering less often and more deeply, and a season of consistency. That is genuinely most of it, and none of it requires hiring anybody.

So when you send this form, you are welcome to ask that question directly: is this a job, or is this something I am doing wrong? We will tell you, and if the answer is the second one you will get the specifics rather than a sales call. People who get that answer tend to come back later when they do want the work, and they tend to send their neighbors.

Seasonal pricing and why it does not change

A common question: if you come less often in winter, does the price drop?

The monthly figure is an average across the year rather than a per-visit charge. Through the growing season we are there weekly and the lawn needs it; in the cooler months growth slows sharply and visits stretch out. Billing per visit would mean your invoice swinging by a large factor between June and January, and it would create an incentive for us to cut a lawn that does not need cutting, which is not an incentive either of us wants.

The treatment side works the same way. Nutrient applications are timed to the season and to local restrictions during the rainy months rather than applied on a fixed monthly cycle, so some months carry more work than others and the average holds steady.

If you are selling, renting or buying

Tell us, because it changes what we prioritize and what is worth spending.

For a listing, curb appeal concentrates in a few things: the front lawn cut and edged, crisp bed lines, and fresh mulch. That combination does more per pound than anything else and it photographs well.

For a rental turnover, a single cleanup between tenants is usually the whole job.

For a property you have just bought, the useful first step is someone telling you what you have actually inherited - which areas of turf are healthy, what the irrigation is doing, and whether anything needs attention before the season.

No contract, and what that means

Regular service runs month to month. If you want to stop, pause while you are away for the summer, add something or drop something, tell us and it happens.

We would rather keep customers because the lawn looks good than because leaving is difficult, and on a service where somebody is on your property every week that seems like the only sensible arrangement.