Total Grounds Maintenance
09-25-2009, 11:38 AM
We recently bid on 2 large condo complexes and got the jobs starting Jan 1st. and here is how I got them. While I am sure some of you have done this before and it has been talked about here (I assume) I got the idea from my cousin when he was getting into the biz 20 years ago. In most contracts it states Spring, summer, fall and winter planting. Well I added seasonal decorating in the main entrances. So in winter holiday lighting, Halloween gets huge pumpkins and hay bails along with corn stalks of coarse mums. In the spring I proposed of coarse tulips and theses neat colored lighted glass balls that go between the tulips (looks really cool). Summertime gets the 4th of July with little flags with red & white begonias. The add on was minimal and I was told no one else offered this. The main thing is to stay away from anything that has religion. Just go with a seasonal them. Oh, we also through in 2 credit cuts for free that they can use at there discretion in times of extreme precipitation. If they don't use them they loose them.