Lawn Cutting Service - Is this Normal? (First World Inquiry)

Silpat
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:28:25 +0000

We’ve experienced lawn services that come as soon after their designated day as possible once the grass is dry and others that skip a week. Since this bothers you, why not call your yard guy or talk with him the next time he comes to ask if he can prioritize coming every week. He may have other customers who do not care and won’t mind him skipping a week. On the other hand, he may be short handed and choose to fire customers who he thinks are too demanding. These days that’s happening.

Before H retired, I wanted to be sure our yard service didn’t come on the weekend and explained that to them. It was never a problem. Once he retired, I called the owner and told him that if they needed to push our yard back to Saturday, just text me an alert and it would be fine.

By this time of year, our grass isn’t growing as fast and I don’t mind if they need to skip a week. We pay the same amount each month regardless of the number of times they mow, but it works out. The guys come in the fall and winter to blow leaves, pick up storm debris, etc.

The service we use at our second home is not as good as the other one, but it’s okay. We pay this service per visit. When we’ve had rainy weather, I’ve texted that it’s okay to skip edging to save them some time as they try to catch up. When the grass needs mowing weekly, the edging could be done every other week and still look fine.