How often do you have your property mowed ?

[Andy N.]

How often do you have your apartment complex mowed ? I'm in my first year of owning my complex. My guy mows it every Monday. I am thinking of going to every 10 days next season. He keeps it looking great but I think it's overkill. I'd be curious to hear any owners/operators feedback.

[John Leavelle]

Howdy @Andy N.

I use to run landscaping crews both installations and maintenance (mowing).  Weekly service is pretty standard across the industry.  You can adjust schedules for the Winter months.

[Matthew Paul]

You will be charged more on every 10 days .There is no savings . The grass will be taller and take him longer . The guy will have to make a special trip . They do routes ,  7 day is the norm , 10 day and it screws up the route . 

[Mike Dymski]

Safe, modern, and affordable (with respectful service) works well in workforce housing (which I believe is what you have).  Every other week on landscaping works for my small community (every week during March).

[Justen Ashcraft]

Matthew has it dead on. I own a lawn care and landscaping company and we don’t do every 10 day service. It’s impossible to schedule. It says 2 things, I can’t wait 2 weeks, and I’m to cheap to pay for weekly service.

[Andy N.]

Maybe you can say I am being cheap. I am just always looking for ways to cut expenses and grow my NOI.

[Salvatore Lentini]

Hi @Andy N. I have always done once a week and this year experimented with once every 2 weeks at one of my apartment buildings.  Mostly out of circumstance because I was having trouble finding a decent lawn service in the area and the one landscaper I could rely on could only do it once every 2 weeks but also because I was curious if I could cut costs.  It was not received well by my tenants and got multiple complaints.  I went and checked it out myself and admittedly it made the building look like it wasn’t being taken care of.  My experiment ended and I am now back to once a week.  So you can save a few bucks in the short term but you will likely pay for it 10 fold in vacancies and or lower rents.

[Brian Adams]

@Andy N. as you stated "He keeps it looking great".

Curb appeal is everything, so keep the weekly schedule.