Landscaping estimate - NoVa

[Anonymous]

Just moved to NoVa and received a quote for routine landscaping maintenance of $1,500/month. Property is about an acre, standard suburban lawn, trees, bushes, etc. Is this in the ballpark of what others pay?

[Anonymous]

I pay $30 a week to get lawn mowed on 1/3 of an acre. Extra to fertilize grass. Pruning is done by a different company nd that is bout $2k for the whole year.

[Anonymous]

no, that is way too much. Are you having them weed every week or something?

[Anonymous]

How tall are the trees? Pruning mature trees is definitely expensive.

[Anonymous]

We pay $1200 annually for lawn mulch, and trim. Additional $600 for leaf clean-up.

Then $47 per lawn service every two weeks (April-November). We have 1/3 corner lot.

So between $2500-$3000 each year.

If the estimate is per YEAR instead of month then you got a deal, otherwise, RUN!

[Anonymous]

Whoa, that seems very high. I would call 2-3 places and get free estimates. I would NOT pay that though.

[Anonymous]

Seems very high. What all is included?

[Anonymous]

I know someone who pays Wheats approximately $1300/month for full service care. Feels like someone is at their property multiple times a week weeding, fixing problem spots on their lawn, trimming trees and bushes, applying fertilizer. I feel like someone even comes out to water their lawn daily in the fall when the reseed. They have about 1/2 acre I think. Seems crazy to me but they said it was going rate for the level of service they wanted. They are wealthy and don’t like even a small dry spot on their lawn.

[Anonymous]

I pay $50 for biweekly mowing for 0.5 acre. We get the beds mulched, gutters cleaned and bushes trimmed for $700 (one-time payment) in spring and around $700-800 in fall for cleanup, lead blowing and gutter cleaning. If I need anything else done I pay by the job.(MoCo).

[Anonymous]

I would never pay for the landscaping service in advance. Certain companies have crews who just stop by your property, take a look from the truck, and drive away.
It’s your choice, but I strongly suggest to pay once the work has been properly completed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who pays Wheats approximately $1300/month for full service care. Feels like someone is at their property multiple times a week weeding, fixing problem spots on their lawn, trimming trees and bushes, applying fertilizer. I feel like someone even comes out to water their lawn daily in the fall when the reseed. They have about 1/2 acre I think. Seems crazy to me but they said it was going rate for the level of service they wanted. They are wealthy and don’t like even a small dry spot on their lawn.

OP, stay away from Wheat’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just moved to NoVa and received a quote for routine landscaping maintenance of $1,500/month. Property is about an acre, standard suburban lawn, trees, bushes, etc. Is this in the ballpark of what others pay?

Are they mulching your yard with gold flakes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just moved to NoVa and received a quote for routine landscaping maintenance of $1,500/month. Property is about an acre, standard suburban lawn, trees, bushes, etc. Is this in the ballpark of what others pay?

Are they mulching your yard with gold flakes?

They must be Leprechauns playing with gold and getting into mischief.