{"id":1869,"date":"2016-06-13T12:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2016-06-14T08:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:19:19","slug":"our-landscaping-provider-is-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"Our Landscaping Provider is Changing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been using Metroscape Landscaping for the past 2 years at a cost of about $76,000 per year, which included mowing, edging, flower bed turning and shrub trimming. It also has 2 &#8220;weed and feed&#8221; applications scheduled for Spring and Fall.\u00a0 This annual contract was up for renewal at the beginning of June 2016. We looked into other landscaping contractors to do the job but did not like the prices we were given, between $92,000 and almost $100,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>After doing some digging and looking for possible alternatives, we arrived at a solution. The Board voted at the April 2016 meeting to do the landscaping ourselves and approved the purchase of the required equipment. We now have 2 mowers, a 60&#8243; and a 48&#8243; which were delivered today.<\/p>\n<p>Both are the Toro 5000 Series commercial grade -Zero-turn mower.\u00a0 Here is a picture of the mower type we bought:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?attachment_id=1870\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg?fit=694%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"694,594\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;69459474930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;69459474930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"69459474930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg?fit=694%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg?resize=360%2C308\" alt=\"69459474930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg?w=694&amp;ssl=1 694w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpmcha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/74930lc2061s_zm74930_r.jpg.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are a few more items we need to get to have the proper equipment to do the entire subdivision. We have hired someone to mow and he has many years experience on the grounds here because he used to work for one of our previous lawn contractors. When necessary, our maintenance guys will assist as needed when schedules permit.\u00a0 We should have much better control on things using our own people to do the landscaping.<\/p>\n<p>The HOA will begin doing landscaping on July 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been using Metroscape Landscaping for the past 2 years at a cost of about $76,000 per year, which included mowing, edging, flower bed turning and shrub trimming. It also has 2 &#8220;weed and feed&#8221; applications scheduled for Spring and Fall.\u00a0 This annual contract was up for renewal at the beginning of June 2016&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1869\">Read more <span class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-landscaping"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1015,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1015","url_meta":{"origin":1869,"position":0},"title":"Landscaping this Saturday","author":"Don Ryan","date":"March 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Metroscape will be returning this Saturday, March 28th, for mowing and shrub trimming. \u00a0Beginning in April, they will be coming out every week.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Landscaping&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Landscaping","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?cat=67"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=489","url_meta":{"origin":1869,"position":1},"title":"Our Landscaping Contractor and Carports","author":"Don Ryan","date":"July 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For the past month, we have had a new landscaping contractor, Metroscape.\u00a0 They have been mowing Common areas\/easements and trimming the shrubs on Saturday as they are trying to rearrange their schedules with other clients to get people here during the week. 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