Lawn mowing in Altona Meadows
Altona Meadows was settled from 1971 on the edge of the old Cheetham Salt works, which is now wetland. Its population has sat near 18,500 for twenty years, so this is a finished suburb rather than a growing one.
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What a cut costs in Altona Meadows
One-off standard visit: mow, edges, blow-down. A guide, not a quote. How the guide is built
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Before you list: three things worth telling a mower about a Altona Meadows lawn
- List what has to be mown around - a shed, a clothesline, a trampoline, garden beds.
- Measure the side gate: under 70 cm is push-mower only, 70-95 cm is standard, 95 cm and over takes the big gear. It decides which machine turns up.
- In autumn, tell the mower whether you want the leaves caught or mulched back in.
Altona Meadows lawn mowing questions
How much does lawn mowing cost in Altona Meadows?+
Expect $100-$145 where there is 180 m² of lawn to cut. On a fifty-year-old block the trimming around beds, sheds and paths can take as long as the mowing, so list what has to be worked around and the bids will allow for it.
Does Hobsons Bay mow nature strips?+
No. The council's own guidelines say it does not carry out renovation or maintenance of nature strips, and residents are required to maintain the one next to their property, keeping paths and gutters clear.
Can I plant out my nature strip instead of mowing it?+
Within limits. Hobsons Bay allows plantings under 500 mm at maturity and recommends staying under 300 mm near intersections, with no hard surfaces, synthetic turf or edging - and the strip is still yours to maintain.
About Altona Meadows
Fifty years of the same houses means the lawns here have been kept, dug up, re-laid and mown by several owners each. What is behind the gate varies more than it does on an estate, and it is the trimming rather than the mowing that decides how long a visit takes - so the useful thing to put in a listing is what has to be worked around.
The suburb runs down into Cheetham Wetlands in the south, where boardwalks cross the old lagoons, and a linear park follows Skeleton Creek to Bruce Comben Reserve and its ovals. A.B. Shaw Reserve is on the northern side. The soil is the plain's clay, slow in winter and hard in summer, and a higher cut through the hot months does more for a lawn here than extra water does.
Altona Meadows is City of Hobsons Bay, and the council is direct in writing: residents are required to maintain the strip next to their property, and it does no renovation or maintenance of nature strips at all. Altona Meadows Primary opened in about 1982 and Altona Green in 1990, and the suburb has one drive-in shopping centre.
Nearby
- Laverton · live, 1 mower
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- Point Cook · recruiting
- Altona · not yet
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