One of my clients asked me to go and have a look at a place their parents had recently bought (about 3 months ago). They want the leaves cleared up as they haven't been done this year and to have a general look round and give my thoughts.
When I drove up to the gates and entered the drive I was absolutely gobsmacked. The view of the house from the driveway
The uninterupted view from the back of the house
Took a slow stroll around the place, probably about 3 acres all told and heavily banked. Looking here down to the pond in the property, a path runs all the way down and tou can see the steepness, and all lined with azaleas and rhododendrons
A view from halfway down the path
There is another way to the pond down another grass stretch lined withroses and various shrubs. All these need pruning as they have now been touched at all, and all the grass needs cutting asp as otherwise it will be impossible to cope with. As can be seen from the middle bottom of the picture they also have a mole problem
Here we are looking back toward the main gate, with the store shed in the middle, that would be big enough to live in!!
A fine example of a magnolia
and a last look over the Cheshire countryside
A lot of work involved here, probably two weeks for a clear up and then at least 1 or 2 days work per week just to keep on top of it. Will I get the work? I will just have to wait and see. The owners are not moving in until June, so if nothing is done it will be in a real mess.