Bay area folks what are you opting for? Weekly maybe nice but they are usually just blowing the area clean and cutting the lawn. Charging $200 a month and not able to understand what we are asking them to do (language barrier.) Any tips?
You guys have yards in the Bay Area?
Lol was just thinking that. Dude has a yard in the bay area and is complaining about a $200 recurring...jesus
DIY
Monthly is fine, I converted my front yard to stones, pebbles and rocks with plants that need little water like roses, it looks beautiful and requires little keeping. I have my own lawn mower, blower etc, so if I have some free time I do it, otherwise just get some labor from Home depot parking lot and they happily work for 2 hours for $50
Yeah took few months to realize but getting to similar conclusion. Folks saying they are yard maintenance folks but they are not. At best they are blowing leaves, moving lawn and trimming some items in request.
This the HOA problem, not mine
You work at meta. You can afford to upkeep your house and so it does not look like an abandoned house. spend that $200 or do it weekly yourself
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