By: Jason Kay
Submitted: 2010-05-15 03:48:40 | Word Count: 608
A well tended lawn doesn’t have to be a chore, especially if you know how to pick a good lawn care service provider that will take care of your lawn maintenance without having to pay exorbitant costs. Here are a few things to remember when picking a lawn care service to make sure that your lawn is a well kept garden of green.
Ask Around
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One of the best ways to get in touch with the best lawn service companies is simply to ask. Ask your friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances for recommendations on a lawn care company that offers great service for reasonable prices. Ask especially those who have lawns themselves and have experienced hiring a contractor to maintain their own lawns. Chances are, they’re your best resource for reliable reviews and first hand accounts of lawn care companies and will best be able to point you in the right direction – towards doing business with a reputable lawn care company.
After you’ve got a list of recommended companies, double check these providers against your local Better Business Bureau’s own reviews of those companies. BBB is a good resource for checking up on a particular company’s reputation and it will tell you which companies are getting praises and which ones are getting complaints.
Aside from this, your local BBB will be able to furnish you with information about a particular company’s professional membership in a lawn care association as well as services it is licensed to provide, like application of lawn chemicals other than fertilizers. Application of lawn chemicals in particular is strictly monitored by some states’ Department of Agriculture and requires a license to provide.
Do your Homework
First, decide on the kind of services you need from a lawn care provider and from there, you can start collecting estimates from several different companies about the fees they charge for these services. Make sure to create a list of the services you need before calling up a lawn care company.
Here are a few things to think about in terms of the kind of services you might need or want:
•What is the size of your lawn?
•Do you need landscaping services or do you just need lawn cutting?
•Do you need seasonal maintenance?
•Do you need programming for an irrigation system?
•Do you need application of fertilizer or pesticides?
Some additional services that you might want to look at aside from lawn cutting and fertilizing are: pest control, dethatching, reseeding and core aeration.
Next, ask if the company you are interested in can do an on site evaluation of your lawn so that you get an idea of the kind of services your lawn needs and if it meets with the kind of services they will be able to provide. This also helps you get to know the people behind the company, if they’re reasonable and easy to deal with.
Pricing
Once you’ve gone over the lawn care company services, it’s time to ask around for the cost. Ask how much the company charges for its services and get a written estimate of the overall cost of maintaining your lawn. This should narrow down your choices, as price is definitely one of the most important factors you look at when choosing a lawn care service provider.
All in all, go for the lawn care company that gives you the services you need at reasonable prices, and make sure that the provider is a trusted name in its field. Meeting all these requirements will ensure that you will get the kind of well tended lawn that you deserve.
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