Leafy streets, big trees and gardens that were planted to last. Ross takes away what Heathmont gardens shed through the year.
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 Heathmont 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.
Leaf fall and prunings from leafy yards.
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.
Green waste from mature gardens tidied for sale.
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 leaf drifts cleared before the hot months.
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 down from big old garden trees.
Heathmont is a quiet, leafy suburb in Maroondah, with a railway station on the Belgrave line and streets lined with established trees. Most homes were built in the post-war decades on comfortable blocks, and the gardens have had plenty of time to mature. Along the southern side, the Dandenong Creek corridor adds more green again.
Big trees and mature gardens mean plenty of leaves, prunings and branches. A garden waste collection a few times a year keeps things manageable. Ross provides green waste removal in Heathmont, handling everything from a post-autumn leaf clean-up to a full garden makeover.
Heathmont's big deciduous trees are lovely in autumn and a lot of work in winter. Leaves pile up on lawns, in gutters, along fences and in garden beds, and the bin can only take so much.
Ross can collect raked leaves in bulk, along with the pruning that usually happens at the same time. Leaves take up a lot of room, so let him know roughly how many bags or how big the heap is.
Many Heathmont homes have been owned by the same family for decades, and the gardens reflect that — large shrubs, mature hedges and trees planted when the house was built. When a property is sold or a new owner takes over, there is often a big clean-up to do.
Ross handles the green waste from pre-sale and post-purchase garden clean-ups, removing it all in one or more loads.
Heathmont blocks often have a single driveway and a narrow side path to the back. Garages and carports sometimes block the direct route.
Ross carries through whatever route is available. A photo of the side access helps him plan and quote.
The heaviest green waste time in Heathmont is late autumn, when the deciduous trees finish dropping. Book a pickup for June or July to clear it before spring growth starts.
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.
