Clayton has a lot of rentals and share houses near the university, and their gardens often need a serious clean-up. Ross clears the green waste and takes it away.
Not a franchisee or a truck driver from a booking system. The bloke who quotes it is the bloke who loads it.
No bags to fill, no skip to load. Leave it in a pile and he loads it, sweeps up and takes it away.
Not a bin size. A heap beside the driveway and one at the bottom of a steep yard are different jobs and get different prices.
Standing tree, asbestos, or more rubbish than garden — he tells you before he starts, not after.
A pruning pile hauled away and a few bags of leaf litter collected is the usual combination on a Clayton block.
Piles of prunings, branches, hedge trimmings, leaves and weeds that won't fit in the green bin. Ross backs the trailer in, loads it himself and takes it away to be recycled — you don't lift a thing.
Waste from overgrown yards and neglected hedges.
Doing a big garden clean-up — overgrown beds, a back corner nobody has touched in years, a rental between tenants or a property being tidied for sale? Pile it all up and Ross collects the lot in one visit.
Rentals and share houses between tenants.
Fallen limbs, shed bark, leaf litter and dry prunings gathered up from around the house — the fine fuel that matters most in a grassfire or ember attack. Collected and taken away before the Fire Danger Period starts.
Dry grass and dead growth cleared before summer.
A gum has dropped a limb across the driveway, or a windy night has left the yard covered. Ross collects what's come down and hauls it away. Standing trees and hung-up limbs are an arborist's job — once they've dropped it, Ross can take it away.
Branches from old yard trees removed.
Clayton is shaped by Monash University and the Monash Medical Centre. The streets are mostly post-war houses on reasonably sized blocks, many of them now rented to students, hospital workers and families, alongside a growing number of units and townhouses.
Rental gardens tend to go without regular attention. Hedges grow out, grass gets long, shrubs spread and weeds take over. When the tenancy ends or an owner decides to sort it out, the green waste removal Clayton properties need is a proper trailer load, not a bin.
Share houses near the university often go through a year of tenants who have no interest in the garden. By the time the lease ends, the yard is overgrown and there may be old prunings from a previous clean-up left in a corner.
Ross can clear the green waste in one visit. He works directly with owners and property managers, and can send photos of the finished job.
Not all of Clayton is rentals. Long-held family homes have established gardens with fruit trees, hedges and shrubs that need cutting back each year.
A seasonal green waste pickup takes care of the offcuts. Book as needed; there is no contract.
Many older Clayton blocks have been split into units or townhouses. Before building, the garden needs clearing; after, the new plantings need regular trimming.
Ross takes the green waste at both stages. Trees need an arborist and possibly a permit from Monash City Council.
Many Clayton leases turn over in November, December and February, in step with the university year. Booking a garden clean-up early saves a scramble when every property manager in the area wants the same week.
Suburb, roughly how much there is, and what the access is like. A photo saves a lot of back and forth.
Ross comes back with a number. On big or awkward jobs he has a look first rather than guessing.
Loaded by hand, driveway swept, and off for proper green waste disposal.
Ross runs this on his own. He quotes the job, he turns up, he loads the trailer and he takes it away — the same bloke every visit. There is no office in between, no skip company, and no franchise cut coming out of what you pay.
It also means he will tell you when something isn't his job — a standing tree that needs an arborist, or a pile that is more rubbish than garden — rather than taking the money and leaving you with half a problem.
The suburb, roughly how much there is, and how easy it is to get a trailer to it is enough to work with. A photo of the pile gets you a price fastest.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Ross on 0416 030 925. Monday to Saturday, daylight hours — weather permitting.
Get a price on your pile. Takes a minute — Ross reads them himself.
Thanks — that's gone through to Ross. Spring is his busiest time, so if it's close to fire season he may take a day or two.
