HOA-ready mowing

Why neighborhoods care about lawns

A lot of homes around Frisco, Prosper, Little Elm and McKinney sit in neighborhoods with a homeowners association. Many HOAs include lawn upkeep in their guidelines, because a street of neat yards is part of what keeps a neighborhood looking good. Common topics include keeping grass from getting too tall, keeping edges clean along sidewalks, and keeping clippings off the street. Every HOA is different, though, and the details live in your own HOA's documents.

Bring your HOA's requirements

Coopers Mowing does not keep a list of HOA rules, and it would not be fair to guess at yours. The best approach is simple: look up your HOA's lawn guidelines, and if anything in them is about mowing, share it with Joseph when you ask for a quote. That way you both know what the yard needs to look like.

How a regular schedule helps

A lot of lawn notices come from the same place: the grass got away from someone for a few weeks. A trip, a busy stretch at work, a rainy spell when the lawn jumped. A standing mowing plan takes that out of the picture, because the yard gets cut on a steady rhythm whether you have time to think about it or not.

• Weekly mowing is the usual pick in the growing season, when Bermuda and St. Augustine grow fast and a yard can look shaggy within days.
• Every other week can work for smaller yards or slower months.

The details neighbors notice

A tidy yard is about more than grass height. Every visit includes the four things that make a lawn look finished from the street:

• Front and back yard mowing
• String trimming around beds, fences and trees
• Edging along sidewalks and driveway
• Blow-off of all hard surfaces

The edge along the sidewalk and the blow-off of the driveway and walks tend to be what people see first.

What mowing cannot fix

Some HOA notices are about things beyond the grass itself: weeds in beds, dead patches, overgrown shrubs, tree limbs or bare soil. Coopers Mowing is mowing only, so those are a job for a different specialist. Mowing keeps the grass itself neat and even.

Mowing only. Coopers Mowing does not do weed control, bed upkeep, shrub or tree trimming, sod or landscaping.