On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:36:37 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> >
> > city has a height of grass allowed and HOA says
> > must be within or have grass services (in which case it's their fault if
> > your grass gets too high). The only catch-22 there is you have to pay
> > all year as they pro-rate the bill so you can't just 'pay in
> > spring/summer'. Come fall/winter, the same fellow 'for free' trims
> > trees, prunes what's needed, and helps get the leaves up and such.
> > Seemed a good deal to him and to me! 20$ a week?
>
>
> OMG, if we could get our grass mowed, trees pruned, leaves raked, and
> our driveway plowed in winter for $20 a week, we'd think we'd died and
> gone to heaven. Mowing is between $50-75/week depending on the crew and
> how much trimming they do, even when it's neighborhood teens. Plowing is
> around $30 each storm. We do both on our own but won't be able to keep
> it up forever.
>
I agree that's an excellent price... even if they're paying for lawn
maintenance when the grass is under a couple feet of snow.

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