Other landscapers silence can be costing you money.
We have been a licensed, bonded and insured landscaping contractor since early 2008. 100% of our maintenance contracts are with commercial, retail, industrial, multi family and HOA properties. We also do one time jobs at those property types. What most properties have in common is the desire to have good looking landscaping that does not cost a lot to maintain and have these services provided by a landscaper they can trust.
We try and be respectful of how much noise our equipment makes as well as the environmental impact of using gas powered equipment. For many properties; there are ways to reduce the noise and environmental impact we make and reduce or eliminate reoccurring and increasing costs associated with landscape maintenance.
Tony Robbins said "If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten."
With increases in labor, material costs and daily living costs something has to give. Is it reduced services to keep prices low; is it increasing how much is charged, maybe charging for extras? In many cases simple changes can be made to properties landscaping to update it and reduce recurring costs at the same time as reducing noise services make and reduce negative environmental impact.
We also look forward to hearing from you.
Telephone 702-348-8399
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"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."
Steve Jobs - Co founder and CEO of Apple Computers
Weeds
A lot of people do not realize that spraying for weeds requires a special license, c6 with The Nevada Department of Agriculture. What is unique about this license is that in addition to the company needing to be licensed so do the people doing the spraying and most landscaping companies in southern Nevada are not licensed.
On Time Landscaping is properly licensed with properly licensed staff.
Water usage / Irrigation / LESS UGH…MORE AHH…
Water costs more per gallon the more a property uses. Many landscape maintenance contracts call for irrigation checks once a month. If a check is done today and a leak starts tomorrow that leak can cost a property a considerable amount of money. There are devices that can notify us and property managers of potential leaks so they can be addressed quickly.
702-348-8399 info@ontimevegas.com
GENERIC CONTRACTS ARE NOT GOOD.
HOW MUCH GROWTH IS ACCEPTABLE BETWEEN HEDGE TRIMMINGS?
If your properties have plants that get hedge trimmed take a look at the section of your maintenance contract regarding hedge trimming.
- Does it say something like “neat and trim appearance” or "natural look"? The issue is that phrases like that have different meanings to everyone. One person may think 6 trimmings a year while another 52. In order to come to a fixed monthly price, the landscaper budgets for how many times per year they trim your bushes. If they have to do more they have to come up with the money to pay for that. Where is that money coming from? Whos' definition is used
- Consider telling them that your definition of phrases like that means weekly hedge trimming. We are interested to hear how they handle this. Very few landscapers and properties allow plants to have a natural look. Hedge trimming is typically nothing like a natural look.
- Our maintenance contracts specify the number of trimmings per year and when possible, we work with customers to reduce the cost to hedge trim by doing certain things or eliminate the plants that get hedge trimmed and install lower cost ones to maintain. Typically with plants that do not get hedge trimmed there is less gas powered equipment used which means maintenance visits are quieter and pollute less.
- If properties current landscapers have not brought items up like this; their silence has and will cost properties a significant amount of money; year after year in landscape maintenance costs.
Tree trimming
Limited tree trimming is "included" in many maintenance contracts. Many times up to a certian height. Many do not know why a height is chosen. We know why in many cases. It is related to what their insurance company says. Many times maintenance contracts just includes removing the lowest branches and is often times not enough to have healthy trees with good canopy structure. Healthy (and especially larger) trees provide many benefits to properties including financial so healthy trees are important. Have you noticed that a lot of times trees or branches come down when it is windy. This could possibly be minimized with proper a tree trimming program that includes the upper branches.
- Just to see what tree trimming really costs; have you ever asked a tree company just to bid on tree trimming? Many times it is more expensive than many months of landscape maintenance costs so how are the maintenance companies doing proper trimming? Some customers might say that they do not care as long as it gets done. But what is the true cost of it being done? Something else either has to give or higher prices charged somewhere else to get this partial work included.
- If lower branches are large, lets say 12 inches or greater diameter. Will they really be cut at no additional cost? Will costs be hidden in other line items? We have seen that many times removing tree trimming from maintenance contracts and having a separate tree trimming contract / program works out better for the trees and the properties that own them and the cost difference is not much considering the benefits.
- Like with hedge trimming if properties current landscapers have not brought items up like this; their silence has and will cost properties a significant amount of money at the risk of the trees health.
Grass- Non-functional turf ban
Governor Sisolak signed into law a bill that requires the removal of approximately 5,000 acres of grass by the end of 2026 in Southern Nevada. The SNWA $3 per square foot rebate and the City of Henderson's $1.50 rebates have annual pay out maximums so some properties may choose to do their conversions over years to try and get the most amount of money from them. (August 2021)
We are a SNWA Water Smart Contractor, have a 100% pass rate for conversion projects from the SNWA and we have completed some conversions for as little as $3 per square foot.
INCREASED RENT
INCREASED RENT
INCREASED RENT
...landscaping with a good aesthetic value added approximately 7% to the average rental rate of a building (source).
12% PREMIUM
INCREASED RENT
INCREASED RENT
...consumers would be willing to pay, on average, a 12% premium for goods purchased in retail establishments that are accompanied by quality landscaping (source).
PAY 8.8% MORE
INCREASED RENT
Jack Welch was the CEO of General Electric
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).
Jack Welch was the CEO of General Electric
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
Jack Welch was the CEO of General Electric
Some of his quotes can be interesting to HOAs regarding their landscaping.
- An organization’s ability to lean, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
- “Change before you have to.”
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
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.
Napoleon Hill
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
STEVE JOBS CO FOUNDER AND CEO OF APPLE COMPUTERS
“Don't wait, the time will never be just right.”