Lawn mowing in Preston
Preston filled in between the 1920s and the 1950s, once the tram (1920) and the electrified train (1926) arrived, and grew 37 per cent in the seven years after the war. It was farmland before that, which is why it is so flat.
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What a cut costs in Preston
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Before you list: three things worth telling a mower about a Preston lawn
- Measure your side gate. A 21-inch mower needs about 60 cm clear; a lot of Preston paths are right on the line.
- Townhouse and unit lawns are quick jobs. Bundle the nature strip in and it is worth a mower's trip.
- Front lawns behind a fence on High Street or Gilbert Road carry a lot of traffic dust; a regular fortnightly cut keeps them looking kept.
Preston lawn mowing questions
How much does lawn mowing cost in Preston?+
Call it $105-$150 a visit for 180 m² of Preston lawn, and many Preston lawns are smaller than that and come in under. Access is the main thing that moves a quote.
Do I have to mow the nature strip in Preston?+
Yes. Darebin's local laws put nature-strip upkeep on the property owner and resident, and the council can fine for a strip that is let go. Add it to the listing and the quotes include it.
My side path is narrow - can a mower still get through?+
Usually. Say how wide the gate is when you list. Under 70 cm is push-mower-only on the listing form, and at that width mowers bring a smaller machine or quote a line-trimmer job for the back.
About Preston
Preston lawns are small and awkward more often than big and simple. The interwar Californian bungalows and post-war brick homes sit on blocks that have been subdivided, extended and built out over a century, so the lawn is whatever is left: a front patch behind a low fence, a strip beside the driveway, a back yard shared with a granny flat. Around 2,600 Housing Commission homes went up here by 1966, many now private, with their own standard-size back lawns.
The soil is Darebin's basalt clay and the grass is mostly couch and kikuyu, with buffalo in the shadier streets toward Darebin Creek on the eastern boundary. Access is the thing to describe when you list: the side path on a 1930s block is often a mower's width and not much more, and a rear unit shares the driveway.
City of Darebin makes nature-strip upkeep the resident's responsibility, and Preston's nature strips are often the largest bit of grass at the address. Northland has been the big shopping centre since 1966, Preston Market is the other, and Bell and Preston are the stations. Medium-density redevelopment is everywhere around them, and townhouse courtyards are a growing share of listings.
Nearby
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- Northcote · live, 1 mower
- Kingsbury · live, 1 mower
- Coburg · not yet
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