Commercial Garden Maintenance

Who commercial garden maintenance is for

First impressions count for any business, and the grounds are often the first thing a customer, tenant or visitor sees. Overgrown borders, long grass and weeds along the car park edges send the wrong message, however good things are inside.

Affordable Gardens & Landscapes provides garden maintenance for commercial customers as well as homeowners. It suits sites such as:

• offices, shops and other business premises with lawns or planted frontages
• rental properties, for landlords and letting agents who need gardens kept presentable during and between tenancies
• the communal gardens of blocks of flats and shared developments
• churches, clubs and community buildings with grounds to look after
• holiday lets and guest accommodation where the garden is part of the stay

For landlords and letting agents, a garden that is kept on top of during and between tenancies avoids the familiar problem of a garden left to grow for months before anyone notices. For shared developments, regular visits mean nobody has to argue about whose turn it is to cut the grass, and the whole site looks cared for.

What a commercial maintenance visit covers

The work is the same practical garden care we provide for homes, scaled to suit the site:

• grass cutting, strimming and edging of lawns and verges
• hedge cutting and trimming to keep boundaries neat and paths and sight lines clear
• shrub trimming and cutting back of overgrown planting
• weeding beds, gravel, paving edges and entrances
• leaf clearing in autumn and general tidy ups of the grounds
• one-off clearances of neglected corners and overgrown areas

Bigger jobs on the grounds, such as new fencing, paving or a refreshed lawn, can be quoted separately if the site needs them, so you can deal with one local team for the lot.

Signs your site needs a regular contractor

• The grounds only get attention when someone complains or an inspection is due.
• Staff are being pulled away from their own jobs to cut the grass or weed the beds.
• Tenants or residents keep raising the state of the shared garden.
• Hedges are blocking signs, windows, paths or views of the road.
• Your current arrangement is unreliable or hard to get hold of.
• The site is getting ready for new tenants, a sale or an inspection.

How a commercial arrangement runs

1. A walk round the site. We meet you, or whoever looks after the site, and go through the areas to be maintained.
2. Agreeing the work. Together we agree what each visit covers and how often visits happen through the year.
3. A quote. You get a quote for the agreed schedule.
4. Access and timings. We agree when to visit, where to park, gate codes or keys, and any times to avoid, such as busy periods or deliveries.
5. Regular visits. Each visit works through the agreed jobs and leaves the site tidy.
6. Keeping you informed. If we spot something that needs attention, such as a damaged fence or a blocked path, we let you know.

Where several people are involved, such as a managing agent, a landlord and the residents, it helps to have one point of contact who can agree any changes to the schedule. We are happy to work with whoever looks after the site from day to day.

Commercial grounds through the year

Spring brings the first cuts, edging and weeding, along with a clear-up of anything the winter has left behind, to get the site looking sharp for the year ahead. Summer means frequent grass cutting, hedge trimming once the hedges have been checked for nesting birds, and keeping weeds out of the hard surfaces. Autumn is for clearing leaves from lawns, paths and car park edges, cutting back borders and a final hedge trim. Winter visits keep beds tidy and entrances and paths clear of fallen debris.

What affects the scope

• the size of the site and the area of grass, hedges and beds
• how often visits are needed, and whether that changes through the year
• the condition of the grounds at the start
• access, parking and any restrictions on when work can happen
• whether green waste can be composted on site or needs taking away

We would rather agree a realistic schedule that keeps the site looking right than a minimal one that lets it slip between visits. If you need to keep the spend down, tell us, and we can talk about which areas matter most, such as the entrance and the frontage, and concentrate the visits there.

A family run, fully insured local contractor

Affordable Gardens & Landscapes is a family run business based in Knottingley, and we are fully insured, which matters to any business letting a contractor onto its premises. With a family run team, you deal with the people doing the work, and seeing the same faces on each visit means the people looking after your grounds know where the awkward corners are, which areas your customers see first and how you like the site left. If you are after help with your own home as well, our regular garden maintenance page covers the residential side.

We maintain commercial grounds across Normanton, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Featherstone, Knottingley, Outwood, Altofts, Stanley, Rothwell, Ossett and Horbury. Call 07347 572509, Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm, or send a message with the site address and what you need, and we will arrange a visit and send you a quote.