Do You Have A Professional Landscaper?

For every property manager, facility manager, and municipal official out there, one decision must be made. That decision is what landscaper or landscaping company will manage the maintenance of my property. Perhaps this decision has already been made, and you have been judging the work to figure out if you made the right decision. Maybe the year on your contract is running out, and you must now make that decision once more to renew or look elsewhere. Would it not be helpful if you could know exactly what to look for? This can be hard, as we are sure your current landscaper only presents the positives. In this blog, we will help you figure out if they are a true professional landscaper, or not.

Are They Full Service?

For any legitimately large commercial or municipal property, you need a full-service landscaping company. If your company does not offer a service, they at least need the ability to subcontract out the work on their own to someone who will meet the same quality standards. This can be difficult sometimes, and keeping it in-house is still the best bet. It can be a hassle to manage multiple contracts with different vendors, so your best option is to find someone who can do it all. Plus, this leads to easier development of a healthy long-term relationship.

Consistent Communication is Key

Another huge red flag for a landscaping company can be a lack of communication. Without communication, a company lacks all professionalism. Now, this does not need to be senior management constantly on the phone discussing your property, but you should have a dedicated account manager who takes care of you. This individual should be available for questions and issue resolution, but also clearly communicate to you when and how work will be done. If this communication is infrequent or unreliable, you should probably be on the market for somebody new.

Presentation of Crews and Equipment

It might be thought that landscaping has nothing to do with the shirts worn and the logos on the trucks. This is true when it comes to quality of work, but in commercial property management, the perception of your property is everything. If you use a company that shows up disorganized, appearing dysfunctional, it does not matter if they do good work or not. People will still assume that you are skimping out on paying a real landscaper to do real work. With Pezza you get uniformed employees, clearly marked vehicles, and the appearance of a professional.

Quality of Work

Finally, we get to discuss the actual impact a landscaper has on your commercial property. Let us make this clear, if your landscaper has routine issues with their performance, they are not a professional. Any real professional landscaping company will have quality assurance protocols in place that ensure if mistakes are made, they are fixed before you find them. Only poor management would allow the opposite, and you should make a change.

Pezza Landscape, Inc. is a full-service landscaping company proudly serving the Chicagoland area and its surrounding suburbs. Give us a call at (630) 393-7373 or visit our website to get in touch.