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

Data10
Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:06:31 +0000

You can negotiate whatever arrangement you’d like and can discuss what behaviors are problematic for you. If not missing weeks and/or arriving on a particular day of the week is a priority for you, let him know about it. However, there may be a higher price for greater demands.

For me personally, it’s not a big deal to me if the grass goes an extra week without being cut or he arrives on a different day of the week from usual. I’m more concerned with quality of and ability to perform other services besides basic grass cutting/edging… the types of things that I couldn’t do myself.

I’ve had some gardeners who missed days for a variety of reasons and often didn’t make it up, similar to what you describe. It was my experience that this tends to be more common if he needs to make a long drive, you are his only client in the area, and your rate is lower than other clients

However, my current gardener is quite consistent and reliable. His usual day is Friday, and he arrives consistently nearly every Friday morning. I believe there hasn’t been noteworthy rain on his usual day since January. If I remember correctly, he arrived on Saturday that week. He also missed a day for foot surgery in the previous year.