I STEP IN When Other CONTRACTORS WALK AWAY. A Simple Way TO GET MORE WORK.

[@kepadaservices1286]

Lovely job Nathan. I had my first double glazed window pop the other day. A patio door !! £200 down the drain, and I was doing the job voluntarily too. Anyways, peace and love to you brother.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

😬I feel your pain mate, worse sound when they go. Hope you sort it ok. What's that phrase I learned on here....no good deed goes unpunished 🙄

[@Jako-fh8zg]

Brilliant, 3 in a row makes sense - bish, bosh, bash ££ 😂🙏 Jako 🙏

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Bish, bash, bosh show me the cash🤣👍

[@mdgardenservices7819]

Well done Nathan Looks easy enough especially if you have others there 😄👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@@mdgardenservices7819 I'm working my way down the road, 1 left to get once it's built 🤣👍

[@jonathanglanville5265]

Nice,little job,looks like an office block,maybe tell them the paths get ice,in winter,you'll sort it,bit of rock salt😉

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

The amount of chip wrappers blowing around there's probably loads of salt there already 🤣 thanks for watching 👍

[@jonathanglanville5265]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd 🤣

[@scottishgrasscutter4488]

We run hustler trimstar mulching mowers and have done so for the past 7or8 years. Got 4 now, life as is would be a hell of a different without. Well worth a look mate. Looks like a great contract mate. Potential for winter gritting if that is an area you fancy moving to..

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Sounds ideal mate, I've been looking at the Ferris Z1 but ideally I want something small that'll leave a tidy finish in domestic lawns. Hope all's good with you 👍

[@bobbelsekwol]

I've had a few mulcher mowers. Stiga 19" with a stainless steel deck was brilliant. Super light, powerful enough and great results. Mountfield was OK but steel deck and grass stuck to it so slowed down progress a bit. John Deere 21" absolute beast. Cuts everything and with its side discharge, spews out everything and never bogs down. Its a few years old and I've only got the slowest gear now, the gearbox sheared off from the frame, but great mower. I've now got a modified mountfield mulcher with a huge motor, Briggs 850 I think, with almost tractor tyres for traction and its great. Doesn't leave particularly clean grass but cuts and gets the job done. So would I have one, oh yes, I've got three! That seems to be a great contract to have. Could do with a few of them. But not Sat mornings though.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Sounds like you've given a few a good test, not sure whether any are up to replacing boxing the grass up in domestic fortnightly cuts and leaving a good finish but I'm going to try and find out😬😅 cheers 👍

[@bobbelsekwol]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd definitely not domestic fortnightly. Grass is too long for the mower to chop up and leave. A couple of semi commercial ones are once a month and so mulching is good for them. It leaves grass down but they don't care. Quite a few domestic, weekly ones don't have bins so mulching is fine. And they don't know! During covid when the bins didn't get emptied I nearly did everyone's with the mulcher, hence my near total conversion. Looking at Grin mowers online and they look pretty good but pricey.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I'm skeptical about fortnight mulching when there is a lot of growth early and later in the season but between than I think I could get away with it on fortnightly cuts. Maybe I'll find out next year 🤞👍😅

[@cosworthization]

We'll done getting that job. Lovely job. Looks gorgeous.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Thanks for taking the time to watch, it definitely looked better there 👍 cheers

[@Jordan.E]

Those are the types of contracts I'm looking to target soon, gotta get the van sign written first then I'll drive around different sites and stake them out

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Sounds like a plan mate👍👍

[@Roots_to_Revenue]

Thanks for the shout-out!

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

More of a please don't study my overseeding technique than a shout out mate😅....I really admire how tidy you get your lawns tho👌👍

[@Roots_to_Revenue]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd if it works... It works. Lamborghini and a lada both get to the same destination in the end haha

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@Roots_to_Revenue 😅 my parents ran ladas...proper tanks

[@747strangersinthenight]

CHARM??? You LOL would love to see that...Great you got extra work...Have A top week

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

It's a Welsh word for bulls#it🤣 have a good week too and thanks for watching 👍

[@stuartreadman118]

Thanks for the video, looks a good site, not too many hedges, which takes up a lot of time in July when everyone wants their hedges cut, good luck 🤞

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

All the hedges definitely slow you up during the summer, tractor and flail would be handy😅👍 thanks for watching 👍

[@dagtailgroundmaintenance]

Keep adding these jobs to your schedule, mate. So many pluses compared to residential work and even better now your VAT registered

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I'll a whole list to target over winter mate👌 great advice as always 👍👍

[@BottleBrookGardens]

What month do you two esteemed gentleman think would be best to leaflet commercial sites?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@@BottleBrookGardens not sure who you're talking about 😅 but I'll be having a scout around from October/ November as by spring most will be set up I guess. Just looking at the places that need work rather than trying to outbid any well kept sites

[@dagtailgroundmaintenance]

@BottleBrookGardens I think most leaflets end up in the bin. Most of my commercial jobs came through word of mouth. I'm the esteemed one 🤣

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@dagtailgroundmaintenance I agree on the leaflets unless it's handed over personally with some chat, you're definitely esteemed....I'm normally just steamed😅

[@SJ_ArbGM]

Simple as that. Good vid, good advice. Top man nathan ..enjoy these and i learn something something thanks mate

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Keeping it simple works for me👍😅 thanks for watching

[@DJC995]

Hi Nathan Nice one Have a good week thanks again

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

As always thanks for watching mate 👍

[@AWgardens]

Brilliant video Nathan. Made me smile.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 no smiling from me in this one 😅 thanks for watching

[@jimmydickson8854]

Do you have a ride on mower for commercial property’s mate

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I've a couple for different sites and needs, looking at a stander to replace the both. Cheers 👍

[@stanionmowing]

Tidy. I had long chat with PSD groundcare at Groundsfest, I believe they are importers of grin which are mulching mowers. I’m interested in the tiny grin which would be ideal between headstones. Unfortunately I don’t know anyone that owns a grin. Serious consideration for next year though.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

You might see some Instagram posts on the 21" Kawasaki shortly but not from me yet. Yea was speaking to the guys from PSD about them last week👌👍 maybe I'll go for one. Thanks for watching 👍

[@carolgadles7045]

Great job !!! Looks wonderful !!!

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Thanks just had to get this one done but will hopefully improve with maintenance. Thanks for watching 👍

[@jameswyeth8223]

Nice 👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers mate👍

[@glynrogers1018]

Hi heard from Scott on you tube not seen for long time

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

He's doing great👍 either busy working or taking time off I guess👌

[@jasongardener3425]

Tidy 👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Bang tidy😅👍

[@cameronprice1532]

What would you say is minimum kit needed to start looking for work like this? I've only started up this year part-time alongside my job so my kit is pretty basic so far, but looking to go full time next Spring so I'd like to try and get one or two commercial jobs if possible. Enjoying the channel, I'm only about 20 miles NW of you so its been helpful having a local youtuber to give me the confidence that there is work out there around these parts!

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

This size contract you could do with an 18" mower easy enough, obviously take longer but as long as it was a regular cut it would do it. Drop me a message and any enquiries I get too far for me but close to you I can send them your way. Cheers 👍 good luck with the business

[@zarrow50]

How do you quote a job like that ?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Just like anything else really, how long do I think it'll take, waste away etc and allow a percentage on top for the unforeseen things👍 cheers

[@aspectratiogardenservices]

Hi Nathan, hope you're well. Very insightful video. I have some discussions lined up in October for some commercial jobs.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Good luck with them, go in clued up on general health and safety and schedule of works you generally offer and just go with the flow 🤞 it works for you

[@brianconnor1810]

Do you just mulch the grass on these commercial properties?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Usually a mix of box, fly and mulch depending on the areas. This one had the full box off and remove treatment 😅 thanks for watching 👍

[@danlaflamme9372]

Did u know last contractor/ lawn guy?? If I do ,I don't take work that way. If owner comes to me that's another thing!!! How much $$? Ty..

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I didn't know them and they'd stopped going for at least 6 weeks and let the customer there down, bit different to poaching work of contractors who turn up. Thanks for watching 👍

[@thegeordiefellwalker8878]

jobs a good n 👍 if you don't do it somebody else will ££ 😊

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Definitely mate, someone has to do it😅 was a nice day for it too. You getting all this rain 🌧️🌧️😬?

[@thegeordiefellwalker8878]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd no been dry but proper overcast last 3 days mate 🤨👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@thegeordiefellwalker8878 downpours here for 2 days 🙄

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

A great video with some brilliant advice. Would that be a fortnightly two to three hours visit, March to the end of October. Cheers. Rob.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices thanks, just a quick run down of this one but yes roughly that including the carpark areas, weed treatment and litter picks. Twice monthly gives me a slight bit of flexibility on the visits usually 👍

[@eduardosapples1997]

🥔

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

😅👍

[@dogmangreengrass736]

karl savell at PSG is yourman for grin mowers .

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I've chatted to Michael at PSD about them, will look into them some more 👍

[@dogmangreengrass736]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd i bought tracked chipper off PSG more than helpful. They were at grounfest abd Apf shows …… good luck 🤞🏼