[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

It's gangster.

Looks kind of like this?

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by Billup

This exactly. I love not having to take care of a yard or any of the maintenance. Then again, I'm young and want to go out and have fun every night, not ride around on a lawn mower or trim hedges. I'll do that when I'm old and senile.

I live in a house, I have a yard and hedges. I do not mow lawn nor trim hedges.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

Thanks.....

Hahaha, hey, I gotta ride the "I'm young, you're old" train out as long as I can before it catches up with me and I have some young punk calling me old.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

I live in a house, I have a yard and hedges. I do not mow lawn nor trim hedges.

You're pretty far south in FL, so I'm not surprised, I hear lawn care is oddly inexpensive and affordable down there, and done very efficiently.

[KingOfJericho]

I had a guy mowing my lawn until a few weeks ago. I paid him $50/wk to mow and blow. It amounted to $600 for the first half of the summer. I bought my mower from a friend for $600. I already had a backback leaf blower for drying my car and clearing the driveway of hickory nuts (those trees will be cut down this winter). It's a no brainer to do it myself. It takes me a half hour and it's very peaceful!

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

I had a guy mowing my lawn until a few weeks ago. I paid him $50/wk to mow and blow. It amounted to $600 for the first half of the summer. I bought my mower from a friend for $600. I already had a backback leaf blower for drying my car and clearing the driveway of hickory nuts (those trees will be cut down this winter). It's a no brainer to do it myself. It takes me a half hour and it's very peaceful!

Damn, I pay $95/month, mow front and back weekly and trim hedges and palm trees once a month. I did the mowing myself when I first moved into the house and it was a pita. Would take me at least an hour or two to mow, edge and clean up. Plus in the summer I felt I was going to get a heat stroke or something out there.

[KingOfJericho]

How much property are we talking about? I don't think it's a secret that Florida is cheaper than the northeast...

[Mr Tonka]

$30 per mow at my rental house. 85 x 180 lot, most of it grass. Includes edging and blowing.

[My335iTT]

Originally Posted by Park2670

Personally I am very excited to not have a yard to take care of. The fact the house is about $60k nicer is a huge plus. We are moving on up!

Ill post some more of the interior as it gets built.

That would be damn nice to not worry about yard work every week!

[kevinbahnz]

We just moved in so for now my neighbor mows my yard when he does his until i buy a mower next year or whenever.

[Litos]

here's another picture of my house - teeeheeeee

[KingOfJericho]

Are your kids still in car seats?

[Litos]

Originally Posted by KingOfJericho

Are your kids still in car seats?

yes sir.

plenty of room back there in a 4200lb coupe built on an e-class chasis lolololol.....

[Templar]

Yard work is easy if you don't care how it looks too much... If you want it to look very good, then it can be a challenge. Weeds, fungus, animal damage, etc. I do my own yardwork.

Grass cutting depends on the type of grass you have too. Some grows a lot quicker than others, some is thicker as well. With some grasses, even during the growing season, you can go a few weeks without cutting. You might have seed stalks and if you're anal about seeing them sticking up from the grass then you'll need to cut, but that's personal opinion.

I won't get into too many details, but depending on location and type of grass, it can be easy or difficult. My back yard is huge, big enough to justify a riding mower probably, but I just use a regular mower. I don't cut it that often though. My front is cut more often. The type of grass requires more frequent cuts. I also prefer it to look better since people see it regularly.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Templar

Yard work is easy if you don't care how it looks too much... If you want it to look very good, then it can be a challenge. Weeds, fungus, animal damage, etc. I do my own yardwork.

Grass cutting depends on the type of grass you have too. Some grows a lot quicker than others, some is thicker as well. With some grasses, even during the growing season, you can go a few weeks without cutting. You might have seed stalks and if you're anal about seeing them sticking up from the grass then you'll need to cut, but that's personal opinion.

I won't get into too many details, but depending on location and type of grass, it can be easy or difficult. My back yard is huge, big enough to justify a riding mower probably, but I just use a regular mower. I don't cut it that often though. My front is cut more often. The type of grass requires more frequent cuts. I also prefer it to look better since people see it regularly.

i got a "yard guy" - his name is German Torres.....

for $300 he takes car of my yard from February through November....

cuts it every 2 weeks, adds mulch to my tree, edges up my bushes and edges up around the entire yard.....

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Litos

i got a "yard guy" - his name is German Torres.....

for $300 he takes car of my yard from February through November....

cuts it every 2 weeks, adds mulch to my tree, edges up my bushes and edges up around the entire yard.....

That's not bad at all.

I had a couple yard guys back in MI. Juan, Jesus, Enrique, and Steve (bet you can't guess his ethnicity). Our whole lot used them and they would come out twice a month for lawn, bushes, and even edging along the sidewalk. Between the 8 of us we were each paying about $75 a month ($37.50 a house). I'd say each lot was only 3/4 of an acre though.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Billup

That's not bad at all.

I had a couple yard guys back in MI. Juan, Jesus, Enrique, and Steve (bet you can't guess his ethnicity). Our whole lot used them and they would come out twice a month for lawn, bushes, and even edging along the sidewalk. Between the 8 of us we were each paying about $75 a month ($37.50 a house). I'd say each lot was only 3/4 of an acre though.

yeah, my yard guy does about 12 yards on my street - so when he hits our street, he's there all day HAHA !!!!

[Nkc]

OK Litos, I give up, I can't find her in this one.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Nkc

OK Litos, I give up, I can't find her in this one.

lol !!!!

[Templar]

Originally Posted by Litos

i got a "yard guy" - his name is German Torres.....

for $300 he takes car of my yard from February through November....

cuts it every 2 weeks, adds mulch to my tree, edges up my bushes and edges up around the entire yard.....

How big is your yard? Can't really tell from the pics...

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Templar

How big is your yard? Can't really tell from the pics...

not very big at all - that's probably why it only costs me $300.

a patch in the front, a patch on both sides of the house.....

[grimlock]

Originally Posted by Litos

a patch in the front, a patch on both sides (of the house).....

what about the rear? is there any in the rear?