Sunnyday
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 6, 2014 19:54:51 GMT -5
my husband is obsessed with doing something about our lawn. I admit it's horrible, but we've done it all. We aerated it, and we put new top soil and seeded it. We did this twice.
I say give up and just let it be. Who cares?? I don't want to be that person who cares about grass.
Husband cares, so I said fine, let's get professional help. All the services won't offer any prices at all. They all ask to call them. So for the people who use these services, can you tell me how much they cost?
Both my front yard and back yard are about the size of a large living room.
Wr have grubs and constant sun exposure in front, and major weeds!
Out in back, we have some hedges, and someone told me that they make the soil very acid and won't let things grow. I know nothing about that.
I'm thinking that I would need the whole package, because the front is also very damaged from this winter with all the snow plows dumping sand and gravel along with the snow on my front yard.
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 6, 2014 19:56:54 GMT -5
and salt!! a lot of salt on my lawn too!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 20:46:52 GMT -5
Scotch or Irish moss for the back. Sounds like too much sun for moss out front. Just have a couple of services come in and provide estimates for the work. Pricing and treatments are regional.
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Post by moneymaven on Apr 6, 2014 21:01:37 GMT -5
We have a large corner lot and large lawn in front and back. HOA is very particular about maintenance. I pay Scott's Lawn Service for fertilizer treatment, weed killer, aeration and other necessary treatments in the spring/summer and then winter prep in fall. On average, we pay about $400 for all of it. Well worth it because we just don't have the time to manage all that. I do keep up with the mowing myself. Thinking about hiring that out this year though due to a back injury.
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 6, 2014 21:29:42 GMT -5
$400 sounds reasonable. do you have to go under contract for that?
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Post by moneymaven on Apr 6, 2014 21:51:21 GMT -5
$400 sounds reasonable. do you have to go under contract for that? No contract. Cancel whenever. I like that they just schedule it, call me the day before and show up. I just have to unlock the gate and lockup the dog on the day they intend to come. My lawn is visibly better than before. In fact, they've already started this years service and it's almost entirely green already. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 5:31:58 GMT -5
they need to come out and see your lawn and determine what needs to be done. by your own account, your lawn is a mess, therefore whatever you've been doing isn't working so wouldn't you want someone to actually look at your lawn and see what they think should be done rather than take your word for what should be done? yeah they can tell you it costs x to seed a lawn of size y but if they have to rip up everything that's there and start with new soil, that cost isn't really accurate.
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 7, 2014 8:10:55 GMT -5
see, I can get thatt, but why aren't they transparent about their costs? For services A-Z, costs are $XYZ per sq foot.
I just don't trust GCs and landscapers. I've been screwed over once too many times withy their complete lack of transparency in pricing, and their general incompetence.
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Post by moneymaven on Apr 7, 2014 8:34:31 GMT -5
They didn't quote me until they came out as well. I think that's standard. They need to look at not just the size, but current condition of the lawn, if you have weeds, fungus, etc. all of those symptoms have different treatments at different prices.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 8:42:28 GMT -5
They didn't quote me until they came out as well. I think that's standard. They need to look at not just the size, but current condition of the lawn, if you have weeds, fungus, etc. all of those symptoms have different treatments at different prices. yup....and it may just be cheaper to rip it all up and start over with seed or sod |
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Post by yogiii on Apr 7, 2014 8:58:42 GMT -5
I think irrigation is one of the biggest things. If you don't have it, it's hard to give the lawn enough water plus some of the fertilizers need to be watered in to be effective. With irrigation plus knowing the schedules for grub control and grass feed, it can be done but it's still a lot of work to keep up.
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Post by wyouser on Apr 7, 2014 11:51:37 GMT -5
A friend of mine has a thing about lawns. While I don't agree with him he does have a couple points. His thing is "GREEN" concrete. You never mow it, you never fertilize it, you never water it, it has no weeds, it never shows brown spots from pets and his evenings and weekends are always free of yardwork.  |
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