Are you adding unnecessary hassle to your life on purpose?
That’s pretty much what you’re doing when you hire separate vendors for your Idaho commercial landscaping — lawn care, irrigation, construction projects, and snow and ice management.
Hire just one commercial property landscaping company for all your needs, from spring cleanup to fall fertilizing to winter snow and ice removal.
Let’s learn more about the benefits of hiring a commercial landscaper who also provides snow removal, including:
- They Know Your Property
- They Also Know You
- They Know and Care About Your Plant Material
- One Company for Both Landscaping and Snow Removal Means Less Hassle
- Your Property is a Priority
- So, You’ve Got One Commercial Landscaping & Snow Removal Company — Now What?
Why should you hire landscaping and snow removal from the same company? It allows for streamlined budgeting, enables a skilled team to become familiar with your property, and helps you build a solid, trusted relationship.
It all reduces the hassle of managing contracts and searching for multiple vendors.
1. One Company for Landscaping and Snow Removal? They Know Your Property
When the crews who spent all spring, summer and fall on your property mowing, clearing leaves, and blowing off sidewalks show up in the winter, they’re already familiar with your site.
They’ve been up and down your sidewalks dozens of times, blowing off grass clippings, clearing leaves, edging and trimming.
That means they’re prepared to clear your sidewalks of snow with just the right equipment. They won’t show up with a plow wider than your sidewalks that will tear up the edges of the grass. They know better.
They’ve been on your property during spring and fall rainy seasons, so they know all the low spots where excess water puddles and lingers.
Why does that matter?
In winter, those same areas of standing water turn to slick and dangerous ice. Crews know exactly where they are, so they can treat them with
extra ice melt products.
That means extra safety when the same commercial landscaping and snow removal company works on your property.
Do you have busy areas on your commercial property that draw extra foot traffic? Crews already know if your snow removal company is also your landscaping company. They’ve watched that foot traffic all year. They know exactly what areas need extra snow and ice attention.
2. They Also Know You
When the same account manager and crews care for your property’s needs during all four seasons, they know your expectations. They know your pet peeves. They know the best way to reach you.
They might even know how you take your coffee, your kids’ names and your favorite place to golf.
You build a solid relationship.
Most importantly, they know how to keep your property tidy and safe year-round.
3. They Know and Care About Your Plant Material
When your snow removal crews are also your landscaping crews, they may have installed your sod and filled your planting beds with perennials and shrubs. They’ve been taking care of it all year.
They know where everything is and how to avoid damaging it with snow removal products and equipment.
If plant material does get damaged — it happens —they have a record of exactly what it is for a prompt and accurate replacement in the spring.
4. One Company for Both Landscaping and Snow Removal Means Less Hassle
When you hire one landscaping and snow removal company, they handle all your property’s outdoor needs.
The same familiar, dependable crews show up reliably through spring, summer, fall and winter to keep your property’s landscaping appealing, healthy, accessible and safe.
You have one account manager to call for any issue year-round, and one number to text or call, whatever your need or time of year.
Hassles? Not anymore.
5. One Company for Both Landscaping and Snow Removal Means Your Property is a Priority
Snow removal companies prioritize their year-round clients so you get next-level service. You’re not last on the snow removal list, anxiously hoping crews will clear your commercial property before you open for business.
That’s especially important when liability is a factor, and you need fast, skilled, reliable snow and ice removal.
So, You’ve Decided to Go with One Commercial Landscaping and Snow Removal Company — Now What?
That was a good move. Hiring one quality company to take care of your property’s outdoor needs year-round makes a lot of sense.
Crews for snow removal and landscaping for commercial properties need to be skilled multi-taskers, as skilled at moving snow as they are at moving leaves.
What should you look for in landscaping and snow removal companies?
A few tips are obvious:
- Check their Google reviews
- Look at examples of their work
- Talk to their customers
But this is a big decision. You’ll want to dig deeper:
Ask About Their Communication Strategy
Your life is busy. You don’t have time to check in on your contractors to find out when they’ll show up, their plans for your property, or what they accomplish at each visit. And you shouldn’t have to.
Hire a commercial property landscaping and snow removal company that will inform you about what's happening on your property.
When will they show up? What services did they complete? And when you have a question or concern, you need to know you’ll get a prompt, reliable response.
Look for A Detailed Contract
Flimsy contracts are no good. You need to know exactly what services you get from landscaping and snow removal companies and how they’re delivered.
A good company will be upfront about all contract items and happy to explain them.
Look for a complete description of the services they’ll provide and the time of year they’ll be provided. You don’t want any surprises.
Speaking of contracts, look for a landscaping and snow removal company that offers a choice of contracts, including a seasonal snow removal contract that saves you stress by allowing you to pay one fixed price for snow removal, no matter how much snow falls.
What’s included in a snow removal contract? Check out a few key things:
- Your property’s address
- Your contact information
- Start and end dates of the contract
- Payment terms
- Contact information
- Liability & Insurance
When it comes to contracts, there's no such thing as too much information. A detailed description of your property, including driveways, parking lots, sidewalks, and building entrances, will help avoid damaging areas hidden by snow.
You must also understand the exact snow removal services, from snow plowing to snow hailing, shoveling, and ice removal. Not all winter weather events are the same, and treatment will vary.
This includes trigger depth —the snow accumulation that needs to fall before plowing begins.
Further, where will they pile the snow? It should be laid out, as improper snow piling can damage landscapes and potentially cause melting and refreezing.
Of course, snow removal is difficult work, and keeping things perfect below the surface is a big ask. When damage occurs, there should be a procedure for repairing any damage to your lawn, landscaping and any structures after the winter season.
Lastly, under what conditions can either of you end the contract?
Ask About Their Crew Training
Does your landscaping and snow removal company invest time and resources in training their team?
You want the best care possible in all areas of your commercial landscape, from mowing to snow removal. You don’t want a one-size-fits-all crew who does everything well enough but nothing expertly.
Continued education and training matter.
Ask Specific Questions About Snow Removal
Just because a landscaping company is great at mowing your lawn and keeping your planting beds mulched and weed-free doesn’t mean they’re automatically great at snow removal, too. That’s a completely different service.
So, ask some pointed questions about this specific service:
- Do they have certified snow professionals on staff?
- Are they insured for snow removal?
- Do they have GPS systems on board their snow removal equipment?
- Do they have enough large snow removal equipment to handle the job, and is that fleet well-maintained?
Another secret most don’t think about is asking to see their inland marine policy. Make sure who you’re hiring has the equipment to do the work.
The answers should all be yes.
Need Expert Year-Round Landscape Maintenance in Idaho? Trust Outback
Here at Outback Landscape, we love maintaining commercial properties during the spring, winter and fall, watching the Idaho seasons change and tending to a healthy landscape’s evolving needs.
Doesn’t bringing us on board for your winter needs make sense, too?
Beyond landscape maintenance and snow removal, we offer landscape design and construction, irrigation installation and maintenance, pond maintenance and holiday lighting.
Choose a season. Pick a need. We’re on it.
Outback Landscape offers full-service landscaping, snow removal in Boise and Idaho Falls, and landscape design, installation and maintenance throughout Southeast Idaho and Wyoming.
We install beautiful, functional landscapes, but our work doesn’t stop there. We’ll stay with you for the long haul, caring for your property throughout all four seasons.
Trust us to understand how important it is for your site to be safe and clear this winter — and provide the skilled, reliable services to make that happen.
We serve residential and commercial properties in Idaho Falls, Rexburg and Pocatello, Idaho, & Bonneville, Madison and Bannock counties. Call us at 208-656-3220 or fill out our contact form to schedule a no-obligation meeting with one of our team members. We can’t wait to hear from you.
