Is it worth paying for lawn care?

Is it worth paying for lawn care in Athens GA? Should I do my own or should I hire someone? 

These are common questions we get asked during phone calls or initial consultations with prospective clients, so don’t worry if you’ve had these thoughts as well! 

It’s a common question because on the surface, it’s easy to assume that lawn care would be easy, and all it would include would be lawn mowing every so often. If that’s all your lawn needs, it may definitely be worth it to do it yourself. Afterall, why pay for something that you could do yourself? 

Most of the time there will be a number of factors that go into your decision making process between DIY lawn care and professional lawn care. Hopefully in this post we can go over two of the major things that are often the deciding factors between doing your lawn work yourself or hiring it out to a business like ours, Athens Lawn Care and Service. 

1, Money : One of the major pros that comes with doing your lawn maintenance yourself is the monetary aspect. When it comes to professional lawn care obviously you will have to pay for the service,  and if you can do it yourself it definitely makes sense to take on that responsibility for your home. Lawn care is another bill that you will have to pay on a regular basis in order to achieve good results for your yard, but also doing your lawn care yourself will include additional expenses such as lawn mowing equipment, various products, and time. 

When you hire a lawn care service such as our business you will have to pay for the service but you will be getting professional results for your lawn which may provide those better results that you’re looking for. When you are doing your lawn care yourself while it may be technically free labor,  without having access to industry expertise, you may not see those results that you’re looking for and you may end up spending a lot of time and money working on your lawn trying to fix the problems that you are looking to solve without knowing what the right solution would be. 

Often times we do find that because of our years of experience and professional products we end up having quicker results and achieving the look that people are going for for their line faster than they expected because of the results that they had had in the past when doing it themselves.

2. Time: One of the other things that you should consider when deciding whether to hire a professional or not is the time it will take to adequately give your line the attention that it needs. While it may seem like your lawn should only take a little bit of time out of your week,  it can often end up requiring a lot more time than you expect.  When considering things like weed prevention and weed control,  trips to the store to find a product you’re looking for,  lawn mowing in inclement weather,  blowing leaves off your lawn,  etc- all of these small tasks add up. As a lawn care company,  we have all the time in the world to be looking into your lawn, deciding which products would best serve it, taking the time to lawn mow,  weed eat,  blow the leaves,  etc.

At our business, we have trained professionals who have the experience to know what your lawn will need,  which saves us the time that it will take you to solve the problem and then to implement it. Overall, the general gist of these pros and cons ends up being if you have the time, and your lawn is a passion project for you, then it may be worth it to do it yourself. However if you don’t have the time to devote and you want your lawn looking its best, it might be the right decision to call a professional lawn care service such as Athens lawn care and service.