Raleigh-Durham
Lawn Care

How to Hire a
Raleigh-Durham Lawn Pro

Please read this quick guide to hiring a Raleigh-Durham Lawn Care Professional (it will help, we promise!) Or click here to simply see our suggestions and contact information for 7 of the top area lawn care companies.


Hiring a Raleigh-Durham lawn care professional to care for your lawn is not a bad idea if you can afford the help.

Lawn care is often a task Raleigh-Durham homeowners feel they can handle on their own. Often they hate the idea of paying others to do something that they are perfectly capable of doing themselves. They spend their weekends working in the yard and mowing the grass only to find that their precious free time is almost entirely consumed by their yard. Many Raleigh-Durham homeowners find it is well worth the money to have professionals care for their yard, so that they can spend their free time on more enjoyable things.

There are many types of lawn care companies to consider when trying to find the one that fits best for you. Some companies offer fertilizing, mowing, landscaping, pruning, planting, and everything under the sun. Others may only mow your lawn for you. Before calling a Raleigh-Durham lawn care pro, make sure you decide what you want to accomplish by hiring help and what your budget is.

Once you have determined your needs, you can call around and get pricing. Pricing alone should not be your main concern...reliability, quality of work, and customer service are all important factors to consider.

What else should you do when looking for a Raleigh-Durham lawn care pro?

We recommend:

• Ask your friends and neighbors to see if they have had good or bad experiences with any Raleigh-Durham lawn care companies. Simply knowing that another person has had a good experience with a company prior to calling them lessens your chance of hiring a problem. The Super 7 can help with this.

• If you have the time, call a few companies to look at your lawn. This will help you determine fair market price for your job. This does not mean you should always go with the lowest price...you should go with the Raleigh-Durham lawn company you feel most comfortable with and who you feel will do the best job. If a company or individual is offering a real low price you should ask yourself "why?".

• If you don't have the time, we suggest using The Super 7 to locate the one lawn caare company you choose. We have a list of lawn care pros that appear to meet our standards to be considered quality professionals. In fact our "Certified Super" listed companies have proven that they do! We also require customers to voice their experience about our listed lawn professionals to help ensure that they meet your needs.

• Make sure the Raleigh-Durham lawn care company has insurance.

• Always get a statement of work performed in writing. Keep this filed away. Make sure the statement clearly states what work is to be performed, how often, and for what price.

• Make sure that your estimate states the term you are agreeing to. There is no need to sign a year long term right off the bat before you know if the lawn service is good.

• If they do a great job tell them you will recommend them on The Super 7.

• If they don't do a good job, ask them to fix the issue or you will let other Raleigh-Durham residents know about their poor performance on The Super 7 website!


Good luck with your Raleigh-Durham lawn care needs!

The Super 7 provides 7 quality lawn care contractors in the Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and surrounding areas. Click here for our Super7 Lawn Care Pros!


More helpful short articles to help with your lawn care needs:
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Paying Your Raleigh-Durham Contractor
How to Avoid Hiring Bad Contractors
How Contractor Pricing Relates to Satisfaction
Finding and Using the Proper Contractor References

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