Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 16, 2009 12:39 pm We have a vacant block in Doreen and are unable to mow it ourselves. The grass is getting really long and I'm worried that it is becoming a nice haven for snakes. It's in an established area. Does anyone know of a local company/business that does mowing? Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 2Oct 16, 2009 12:43 pm It's of no help to you, but I used to give a local kid in the street some cash to go mow my vacant block Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 4Oct 16, 2009 12:46 pm I paid a lawnmowing guy $50 to slash our 700m block, I got his number from the classifieds in the local paper. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 5Oct 16, 2009 6:06 pm I was going to suggest the local paper too.... or call one of the mowing franchises. There are plenty of guys in the area who do mowing and gardening. Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 6Oct 16, 2009 10:17 pm Thanks guys. I live out of the area so will look up local businesses on line. Just thought someone might have used a company that they were happy with.....then again, I guess it doesn't really matter what kind of job they do as it's only mowing grass. It's more about the money as I don't want to pay hundreds. I was quoted over $300 ages ago to clear and mow the block. I ended up going out to the block with gloves and plastic bag and cleared most of it myself! Now I just need to get it mowed. Once again thanks for your comments. Cheers R. Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 9Oct 17, 2009 8:58 pm Weedkiller, buy a spray backpack from straco and spray it. I let my block go wild, and I got ripped off with $190 to mow it, so ever since then I go back once a month and spray. Its 1090m2 so it took a while, but the weed killer works amazing. Re: Mowing a vacant block in Doreen..??? 10Oct 18, 2009 11:29 am We bought a land in an established area and when we had to clean it for our builder we found amazing things ! Cut the grass with a wipper-snipper and then there was so much of building rubbish - bricks, wood, insulations etc...dumped on our block by the neighbours.. ! Took us a whole a week to clean the block. 6 11133 Yes it had a house on it. But Melbourne water only wanted something the original size of the existing house. We managed to fit a 45sq house on. 10 33655 4 4444 |