Estimates for Weed Trimming

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
I used to get out and cut off the weeds that grow around the foundation of the house and garage. I can no longer bend over at the waist and hold out the heavy Black & Decker electric hedge trimmers at ankle level. I probably have at least 1700 sq ft of weeds. I already obtained two estimates from lawn services for cutting down the weeds - one was $1078, the other was $2035. And the weeds are only going to grow back!

Photo is the back of the garage, around the house it's at least that bad. Are those reasonable prices?


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I can't imagine groundskeepers charging so much, maybe I'm just not visualizing the totality of the job well enough.

Does that include cutting down the tree to the left, and removing the stump?

A couple hundred dollars sounds closer to reasonable, to me. :shrug:
 
Here in the desert, we don't have weeds that grow that thick. The ones I get, even if there are a lot of them in the back, I can easily control with my trusty weed whacker. When I was a kid, we had zillions of tumbleweeds everywhere, but we don't see them much anymore.
 
There are a lot of people where I live that will work by the hour doing any jobs that don't take special skills. They come to the house occasionally asking. If you have all the equipment they would need, and don't mind letting them use it, you might try just hiring an individual not associated with a lawn service. Maybe there is a place you could post a notice? Most here would be happy with $10/hour. Don't know about NY. Just a thought...
 

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