Managing agents and residential blocks in Charlwood

Communal garden maintenance in Charlwood

Shared lawns, hedges and parking areas in Charlwood and Hookwood, kept tidy on a fixed annual plan.

Communal garden maintenance in Charlwood covers a real mix of shared ground. At the 2011 census the parish had 56 flats among its 911 households, so shared grounds here often mean homes on a private drive, a close or a converted building. The work is the same, though: lawns cut, beds weeded, hedges kept off the paths.

We already look after communal beds and hedges at blocks of flats locally, so we know what residents notice and what ends up in emails to the managing agent. You get a written annual schedule, a fixed price invoiced monthly or quarterly, and the same team at every visit.

Communal garden maintenance that doesn’t need chasing

In communal grounds maintenance, the usual problem is that nobody quite owns the job. What a residents’ company wants is simple. It needs someone reliable who turns up, does the job and doesn’t need chasing. We’ll quote against an existing specification if you’ve got one, or put one together with you. Every item is priced separately, so residents can see exactly what they’re paying for and why.

Shared drives, verges and bin stores on clay

On Wealden Clay, verges beside shared drives get rutted when cars pull onto them in winter, and the grass never quite recovers. We cut those carefully, keep off them when they’re sodden, and can point out where a strip might be better gravelled. Hedges along drives get their main cut outside the nesting season. Bin stores, steps and entrance beds are weeded and swept, and leaves are cleared off paths and drains through autumn.

Blocks and communal grounds in Charlwood: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

Can you work to our managing agent’s specification?

Yes. Send it over and we’ll price it line by line. If anything in it doesn’t suit the site, we’ll say so rather than quietly ignore it.

Can you provide insurance details for the residents’ company?

Yes. Insurance certificates are available on request for your agent, directors or residents.

Will residents know when you’re coming?

We work to a written schedule, so visit dates are known in advance. If weather moves a visit, we’ll tell the agent or your main contact.

Is a shared drive worth a contract?

Often, yes. Homes sharing a verge and a hedge benefit from one person being responsible for it. A written schedule stops the job falling between neighbours, and the price is fixed for the year.