I had a call today from a customer who wanted an estimate to actually remove some stumps and make a lawn for their new house,actually they have 6 new homes all rental units, well I went to have a peek and see what they actually wanted,the first thing I spotted was the septic beds appox 4 feet above grade and 6 foot alders growing on the bed,not a bit of topsoil all sand.
I first looked at the stumps,not a major job to remove and cover with some topsoil,lime, fertilerize,and seed gave them a price to do all their properties and got the go ahead will start next week.
Than the lady said how about the septic systems; I told them up front they were not properly finished and were a mess to which they agreed. Than the question. Can you fix? Yes I can fix but its not cheap,what I proposed to do is cut and remove all the alders and spray with roundup,than cover with 4 inches of mixed topsoil,peat and rotted cow manure,than lay sod.I could seed however with the slope I figure with a heavy rain it would wash out where as I can stake the sod until it becomes rooted and than its a simple matter of running over it every couple of weeks with a lawn mower. More problems these people are from Germany and only here a few weeks a year and they don't want to have to maintain lawns
. Yep I can send a crew out to mow the septic systems once a month but we are 60 miles away our travel time would be more than our actually labour. These people are from Germany. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can assist these people? I am open to all suggestions;however what I suggested is the best I can come up with, money is not an object with these people however I don't want to seem to be taking advantage of them.