Fruit Cake Lawn Care
Currently have one detached single-family house on the market for rent. When the last tenants moved out we had to hire a landscaping crew to come in and perform a complete makeover on the yard.
The tenants had “maintained” the yard by cutting the lawn about once every 2-3 months which in Florida, in the summer, is a big no-no. For those readers not familiar with Florida lawn care, you have to cut the grass every week in the summer to prevent the grass from growing as tall as your waist.
The lawn crew we hired consisted of three men and this job took them 7 hours of work so you can get an idea of how overgrown the yard was.
Before the tenants moved out, they hired some local yahoo to cut the grass so they would not be charged for lawn care come move-out inspection day. He did not do a very good job. That is, he did not edge or weed-whack. He just cut the grass.
So, it’s now 3 weeks later and the local yahoo calls me up to “complain” that the yard is looking terrible and that maybe I should come down to the property to take a look. Also, if we didn’t want to be fined by the city, he could cut it for us.
I let him know that we had it covered and all was well. He again complained that the grass was getting too tall and I should reconsider who I got to cut the grass because “I need to come down there to check the work.” I finally had to hang-up on the guy because he wouldn’t take “No” for an answer.
Nice sales technique buddy!
