Seattle Lawn Service

As proud as homeowners are of their lawns, few relish the time and energy it takes to maintain them. Nor should you feel ashamed of the desire to farm this piece of home maintenance out to the professionals. The most labor intensive time for lawn care is naturally during the summer, and, as a Seattleite, you don't need to be told what the most beautiful time of year is in the Emerald City. The money you spend on a professional lawn service in Seattle is a worthwhile investment, if for no other reason than the extra hours of the immaculate summer it returns to your leisure.

The Benefits of Lawn Service in Seattle, WA
Lawn service is generally thought to be about alleviating a homeowner's need to spend numerous hours mowing their lawn, but lawn service is often about much more than this. One-time lawn service, for example, often takes place in the spring and includes removing debris, old clippings, edging, and weeding. More than mowing, creating or maintaining a healthy lawn can entail regularly scheduled fertilizer, and new grass seed requires daily watering to grow.

Unfortunately, these are the ideal conditions of lawn service. Seattle lawns also see their fair share of lawn disease and fungus. The mild summers makes it less common to see yellowed, burnt lawns, but the real danger to the long-term health of a lawn is often more insidious than a dry spell. The persistent rain and even persistent clouds can leave lawns sitting in water for extended periods of time, making them fertile breeding grounds for fungus and other harmful organisms, not to mention a number of pests. The natural grasses that flourish in Seattle have a greater resistance to these conditions, and the hilly terrain helps the yard drainage of many Seattle homes. Still, no lawn is immune, and you should keep a watchful eye out. You may need to talk to and eventually hire a Seattle lawn service company to help nurture your lawn back to health.

Cost of Seattle Lawn Care
ServiceMagic compiles data on all the home improvement projects we process, including lawn care in Seattle. This data contains, among other things, the cost of the project. Unfortunately, because there are so many different ways of charging for lawn service (one-time, weekly, biweekly, annual service), our average, computed cost ($285) will mean very little to you.

Specific feedback from Seattle homeowners provides a much better measure of how much your Seattle lawn care might cost. This is what one Seattle homeowners reported to us: "Cost was $125 to mow the lawn. The grass was long, so the cost was higher than her normal rate. Cost for lawn mowed every two weeks was $60 per service." It's also very telling that the Seattle homeowner who reported the highest project cost ($900, likely for annual service) said that the contractor is "so worth the money."

If this sounds like a lot of money to maintain your lawn, keep in mind that if you get even a little negligent, it easily cost more than $3,000 to re-sod your property with a new lawn.

Seattle Lawn Service Companies
When you submit your online request to find local Seattle lawn service companies, you'll undoubtedly be matched with several companies, and frequently within a day (sometimes within an hour) of the request. All of our contractors are put through a rigorous 10-step screening process before they enter our database, but you'll probably find that some companies have different specialties and different rates. ServiceMagic also provides a customer ratings and reviews section for all our contractors, so you can view comments and feel confident in your hiring decision and the quality of the work you'll receive.