On Time Landscaping

Dollars and Sense

Pricing

Reoccurring costs

Inflation is on almost everybody’s mind. From a cart of groceries to fuel and even how much time landscapers spend at customers properties. We see that some other landscapers are increasing what they charge customers or reduce the number of hours they spend at customers properties to account for increased costs. Their silence is costing customers money unnecessarily.

We work with our customers to control costs and have a more consistent looking landscaping.

Reoccurring costs

Have you ever noticed how many plants get hedge trimmed and how many times per year? Each hedge trimming costs money, is typically noisy and the time between trimmings can create unkept looking bushes. This is expensive and recurring.

We can possibly reduce monthly landscape maintenance costs, reduce noise and environmental impact from gas powered equipment as well as create a more consistent looking landscape.

Irrigation leaks

Reoccurring costs

Irrigation leaks

Sometimes more money is spent in wasted water and fines than the cost to repair the leak.

Many landscaping maintenance contracts call for irrigation systems to be checked for leaks one time a month; so many days can go by before a leak is found and fixed.

Has your current landscaper told you about relatively inexpensive devices that can detect non-normal water use and notify people of potential leaks so they can be addressed more quickly?

Other Items

WEED CONTROL

Fertilizer and water bills

NON FUNCTIONAL GRASS BAN

Per Nevada law (NRS and NAC 555); companies and each individual spraying for weed control needs a license through the Nevada Department of Agriculture. It is not included in any other license.

We are one of only a few landscapers in southern Nevada that is properly licensed to spray for weed control.

For a list of who is properly licensed, click here.

Fertilizer and water bills

NON FUNCTIONAL GRASS BAN

A Nevada law outlaws about 31% of the grass in the Las Vegas area by the end of 2026.

Many times desert landscaping can cost customers less to maintain, reduce their water bills and provide more visual impact than grass.

On Time Landscaping is a SNWA Water Smart Contractor and has a 100% pass rate with the SNWA.

Fertilizer and water bills

Many times granular fertilizer does not get activated when plants need it. There is a way that fertilizer / nutrients get applied in small amounts at a time using properties irrigation system. Some people believe that by applying more nutrient rich water to the plants when they need it can reduce a properties fertilizer and water use, saving properties money.

What would you use the money for if your water bill was reduced?

Looking at landscaping differently

Since becoming a licensed landscaping contractor in 2008 the team at On Time Landscaping has looked at landscaping differently than many of our competitors. At the end of the day a lot boils down to doing what is right for our customers and our success will follow.

Just because landscaping has been done the same way for years does not mean it is the best way moving forward. Our intention is to talk and work through landscaping items with our customers so they have prettier, healthier and when possible less expensive to maintain landscaping. We are ok with being the market disruptor because it can benefit all involved and result in long lasting relationships.

Here are a few quotes that resonate that got us to scratch our head that we like sharing with customers.

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple computer said "You can't look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you're going to do it differently."

"Change is inevitable, and the disruption it causes often brings both inconvenience and opportunity." Robert Scoble

"Little drops of water make the mighty ocean." Julia Carney

"If you want different results, do not do the same things." Albert Einstein

Gas powered landscaping equipment

Its about more than the pollution

Gas powered landscaping equipment bans are beginning to spread across America. According to a April 2023 article on USA Todays website "Among cities and states with bans or limits: California; Burlington, Vermont; and Washington, D.C. Vancouver, British Columbia, also has restrictions in place.”

“…the best-selling commercial leaf blower, one hour of operation emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry about 1,100 miles, or approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Denver." (source)

“…operating the best-selling commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving…a Toyota Camry, about 300 miles — approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas...” (source)

In addition to being bad for the environment, gas powered equipment is expense to run, noisy and as hedge trimmed plants grow produce inconsistent growth. At many properties the plants that were installed get hedge trimmed and blowers are run. Consider asking your current landscapers how much your property / properties pay annually just to have hedge trimming done and multiply that by how many years it has been done and will be done going forward unless action is taken to stop it. Due to how long batteries last and how expensive they are, electric powered equipment is not there yet to deploy if they are expected to be used all day. They may be there for small projects though.

We encourage potential and current customers to engage us in conversation about what can be done to eliminate or greatly reduce the reoccurring costs associated with using landscaping equipment, especially hedge trimmers and blowers.

Other Items

Pollution comparable to driving about 1,100 miles

“…the best-selling commercial leaf blower, one hour of operation emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry about 1,100 miles, or approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Denver." https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/new-vehicle-and-engine-certification-executive-orders

Pollution comparable to driving about 1,100 miles

“…operating the best-selling commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving…a Toyota Camry, about 300 miles — approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Las Vegas,” California Air Resources Board said in a recent fact sheet. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/new-vehicle-and-engine-certification-executive-orders

Pollution comparable to driving about 1,100 miles

Fertilizer and water bills

What would you use the money for if your water bill was reduced?

Help choosing using customer reviews on Google and Yelp

We understand that some customers need more guidance to know they are making the right choice in choosing us for their landscaping work. When reading reviews that customers have left about us keep in mind that each job and property owner is different. Regardless of property type, you will see a lot of positive words left by customers on Google and Yelp. We appreciate their loyalty to our business and know their experiences will help others feel equally confident when calling us at 702-348-8399 or emailing us at info@welandscapevegas.com .

Why invest in your landscaping?

Value...increases over time...

According to the Virginia Cooperative Extension “…the value of… a landscape improvement increases over time since the growth and maturity of trees and shrubs enhance aesthetic appeal.” It is generally less expensive to plant smaller plants than larger ones so do not wait as the time will never be just right. Get the ball rolling so these plants have time to grow! (Source)

Customers pay more.

Value...increases over time...

...consumers would be willing to pay, on average, a 12% premium for goods purchased in retail establishments that are accompanied by quality landscaping (source).

Increased rents

Value...increases over time...

Quality landscaping

...landscaping with a good aesthetic value added approximately 7% to the average rental rate of a building (source).

Quality landscaping

8.8% more in well landscaped malls

Quality landscaping

In one study, rental rates were 7% higher for commercial office properties having a quality landscape (source).

8.8% more in well landscaped malls

Respondents preferred landscaped roadsides and report positive retail behavior such as willingness-to-pay 8.8% more for goods and services in well-landscaped malls (source).

Reduce A/C needs by 30%

8.8% more in well landscaped malls

Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and can save 20–50% in energy used for heating (source).

Cooler

Fetch higher prices

Decrease in crime

... Trees and vegetation that directly shade buildings decrease demand for air conditioning... Trees and vegetation lower surface and air temperatures... Shaded surfaces, for example, may be 20–45°F (11–25°C) cooler than the peak temperatures of unshaded materials (source).

Decrease in crime

Fetch higher prices

Decrease in crime

In Baltimore, a 10% increase in tree canopy corresponded to a 12% decrease in crime(source).

Fetch higher prices

On HGTV.com; Pat VredevoogdCombs, a past president of the National Association of Realtors. “Well-landscaped yards...fetch higher prices -- they sell more quickly than houses with little or no landscaping…” (source)

We make customers landscaping problems our problems and then offer solutions.

Have you ever noticed that most common area landscapes look similar? The same bushes, the same trees, nothing unique. This "ho hum" looking landscaping is typically costly to maintain, noisy and uses polluting equipment and does not need to continue.

Have you ever asked your landscapers to break out the cost to hedge trim your properties bushes per year and then multiply that by the number of years it has been happening? Have you noticed that sometimes hedge trimmed bushes look "smooth" due to recent hedge trimming and other times they do not look as neat?

Who determines when bushes get hedge trimmed? Many landscape maintenance contracts do not specify how many times per year bushes get hedge trimmed so figuring out a fixed monthly maintenance amount is near impossible and people making decisions can be on different pages on how plants should look. What alternatives have landscapers offered you not only to have more consistent looking landscaping but to reduce your exposure to higher than needed costs?

On Time Landscaping is doing what other landscaping companies do not. disrupting the market and encouraging people to ask questions and possibly look at their landscaping and its maintenance differently. The results may result in healthier, prettier and less expense to maintain landscapes while staff is being more quiet and not polluting as much. The success of our customers landscaping is our success.

Don’t get us wrong. We can maintain customers properties the same way they have been taken care of but knowledge is power. We see opportunity and promise where others do not.

702-348-8399

info@ontimevegas.com

NOT ALL LANDSCAPERS ARE PROPERLY LICENSED.

ON TIME LANDSCAPING IS PROPERLY LICENSED.

WHO NEEDS TO HAVE A CONTRACTORS LICENSE?

"If a job is $1,000 or more" Source.
When irrigation, rock, plant trees, shrubs...and sod are installed. Source

WHAT HAPPENS IF A COMAPNY IS NOT PROPERLY LICENSED?

A contract with an unclicensed contractor is not valid... (source).
"...Unlicensed (Improperly) contracting activity is illegal in Nevada and penalties can escalate from a misdemeanor, to a Class E felony. Source

SPRAYING FOR WEED CONTROL REQUIRES A SPECIAL LICENSE.

The business and the individual doing the spraying needs a license from the Nevada department of Agriculture. Spraying is NOT included with a contractors or business license or any other license! Source
Are your other landscapers and their employees properly licensed and staffed? Is the number of licensed applicators sufficent for the number of accounts they have?
Check who is licensed by clicking here.