Yardwork Etc

"this is what i have written that we did...pull and shovel out ivy, put down light fabric, get and unload and spread red fine bark (matching neighbor), sheer large boxwood shrub in front, dead from pierris to clean up, sheer a couple other shrubs shoots, trim back rhodies encroaching on path to back, These are difficult jobs to perform and all our clients are told we work hourly at a $60/hr. per man-hr rate. I was never called and asked to come back to do a "finish of job". we actually did A LOT OF WORK on this property, the ivy was pulled so even roots were pulled and 2-3" of bark (that we actually found to match neighbors!!) was put down, and NO WEEDS WERE SHOWING, and we blew entire front of property so i'm not sure what hes talking about how bark was on his driveway. We found that all the work Mr. [Member Name Removed] wanted done to take us much longer than just the delivering of bark so we made the decision to just do the work and charge him slightly more than just the bark install fee, then gave him $100.00 discount. we went out of our way to help another neighbor too. and 2 other neighbors wanted us to help but we did not have the time to do so. I have no idea what the 3rd party neighbor was talking about as we spent hours contacting the 2 but actually did no work for them. One contacts us 2-3 times a year these past few years, i've been to the house 3 times and spent hours giving ideas and such and have yet to be employed by him. great neighborhood...nice looking hood though. Look, sometimes when you let your yard go or need a project done it is better to hire someone else to do it and pay them because it is difficult and time consuming work. I would not be surprised if the years old 500+sqft of Hedera helix mound will start coming back from small root pieces left in the ground there (yes, we didn't get 3' down just pulled this noxious weed for a few hours). That's par for the course though, the next step is you spray it to get poison down into roots that one can't get without a back hoe. It really hurts when we work our butts off in the hot sun, covered with bark dust, sweat, and noxious weed welts, do what would take the homeowner 3X the amount of time to do (if right even), work out all the overhead cost logistics, have to pay for all the special tools to do these jobs, do what in my years of work and experience is a great job, and the homeowner just says it was terrible. then I find out this on this medium later instead of them calling me. Thanks buddy, won't be calling you back either."

"We helped the [Member name]'s with a no lawn native plants area with rain garden. Great inovative and conscientious yard design we were pleased to help with. Thank you for the good review!"

"Thank you! We really appreciate a good review. hope to see you again soon or yearly for that cleanup."

"Yes, We had a plan of attack on this yard but with the limit on our time(=$) for the initial cleanup and for the monthly service we could not clean up the entire yard immeadiately. If we had had a few more months we might have caught up and gotten it to a point that was more pleasing to [member name removed] but we just wouldn't be in business at all if we did things like 20 hours of work for 3 hours of pay. I also spent more time explaining our plan but can understand the frustration of slow progess that limited time and years of yard neglect cause. very quickly let me review that $50/hr price (not because of [member name removed] but because people ask about this occasionally)... 2guys in a truck go at least 15min. to the location and 15min from, that's one man-hour. Lets say they spend 30min on the property, thats one man hour. the lawn needs to be mowed 3x/mo. so we bill for 3 man-hours of labor that month. My company pays the guys for 6 hours spent. so at that point we are at $25/hr. the guys get over $10 of this and the company pays just under $20 for their LEGAL (L&I, etc.) services. That means the company makes $5 for overhead like gas to get to location, initial cost of tools & education & such, sending bills out, conversing/communicating with clients, etc."

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"enjoyable job cleaning up a property and doing pruning. good natured homeowner. wished to haul some debris themselves which was nice. We don't maintain here, just a one time cleanup. If there was more pruning or help desired we would certainly go back to continue enhancing the property."

"This elder gentleman may recall I and my "young employee" arrived together. I did the sheering and hand pruning of the shrubs in the front which took hours. When i was not present I was doing the 2-3 drives to the dump with truckloads of yardwaste which was the most time efficient way to tackle the project. The employee did work he was quite capable of doing and I did the higher level pruning and oversaw the whole project. I don't think a lower grade for an "outstanding" job is fair just because I didn't perform the entire job alone. The Wheat's seemed very pleased when we left, paid cash on the spot and even took the time to show me his propane heating system and fireplace fixes and such."

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"I have to admit i don't recall this property so long ago but possibly the guys did that good job on it. Thank you for the good review!"

"These are difficult jobs to coordinate. I cannot give an exact date as I do not know when it will be sunny or rainy very far in advance and because we utilize a third party (which was acceptable to the customer) we must wait for them (Stewart Armour aerating and thatching) to do the thatching first and so it is up to the homeowner to schedule the day of service with THEM. We arrived right away after the thatching was done to do raking. I don't think the homeowner was charged for the time it took to get the leafbags but still seemed happy with the time it took to get job done which i must say was faster than i had anticipated. Thank you for good review."

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