Grounds maintenance
Grounds maintenance, priced and reported by area
Your proposal splits the property into areas: the front lawn, the parking islands, the slope behind building C. Each gets its own visit schedule and its own line on the monthly report.
That way a change in one area changes one line, not the whole contract.
A visit day set for each area
Litter picked up on every visit
A photo report each month
What a visit covers
Six jobs on the visit sheet
Mowing and edging
Turf cut at a set height, with edges trimmed along walks, curbs and beds.
Blowing and litter
Walks, lots and entries cleared before the crew leaves.
Beds and weeding
Weeds pulled by hand or spot-treated by a licensed applicator, bed by bed.
Pruning
Shrubs and groundcover shaped away from walks, signs and windows.
Mulch
Refreshed once or twice a year, on the date written in the proposal.
Slopes and basins
Mowed by a machine made for slopes, and checked after each storm.
The year
Grounds maintenance through the Sacramento year
Typical timing for the valley. The proposal sets the dates for your site.
Winter
December to February. Mowing slows and does not stop.
Leaf cleanup after the oaks and sycamores drop
Pruning of dormant shrubs
Basins and slopes checked after storms
Spring
March to May. Growth picks up, and the visit schedule with it.
Weekly mowing begins
Mulch refreshed in the beds
Spring color planted
Summer
June to September. Hot days, early starts.
Crews start early on the hottest days
Dry brush cleared from slopes and fence lines
Turf height raised in the heat
Fall
October and November. The work turns to renewal.
Fall color planted
Leaf cleanup begins
Aeration and overseeding of turf, where the proposal includes it
Scope
Questions about the visits
Which day will the crew come?
The proposal names a day for each area. If a tenant needs a lot clear before nine, the proposal says so and the schedule follows it.
Do you handle weeds with sprays?
Where a spray is needed, a licensed applicator does it, the product and the label directions are in the report, and the notice to tenants goes out first.
Who picks up litter?
The crew does, on every visit, before it leaves each area.
Put your site on paper first
The audit sets the areas, the visit days and the monthly line items.