Commercial

Commercial grounds, Charleston.

Offices, retail strips, professional practices, HOA and apartment common areas, and property managers running several addresses at once. Weekly maintenance on a fixed day, and hardscape quoted per project.

The same two or three people every week, one phone number, and the person who prices your site is on it. Insured, and the certificate goes out with the quote if you ask for it.

Request a quote Call (843) 864-6504
Commercial grounds cut clean to a brick bed edge in Charleston
Who we already do this for

A hundred properties, every two weeks.

Palmetto Landscape started in 2023. The route now covers more than a hundred properties on a recurring two-week cycle, residential and commercial. The commercial side includes:

Charleston Animal Hospital North Charleston A working veterinary practice on Dorchester Road. Client parking and a door that has to stay clear, so the work happens around the opening hours rather than through them.
American Automotive Charleston An auto shop, which means a lot that is full of customer vehicles for most of the working day. The grounds still have to look like somebody is paying attention.
Epiphany Acupuncture West Ashley A small professional practice on St Andrews Boulevard. The kind of property a national contractor quotes high and services last, because it is too small to matter to them.

Three years is three years and we are not going to dress it up as thirty. What we will say is that the properties are real, they are local, and you are welcome to drive past any of them before you call.

What is on the contract

Every visit, the same list.

  • Mowing, edging and line trimming on a fixed day, not a rolling window
  • Beds weeded and re-edged, shrubs kept off signage, windows and walkways
  • Every hard surface blown off before we leave, including the customer parking
  • Debris hauled away on the truck, never bagged and left for your maintenance staff
  • Seasonal cleanups and storm debris folded into the contract rather than billed as a surprise
  • Hardscape quoted per project: walkways, patios, retaining walls, parking islands, concrete
A fixed day

Not a window, not a route that moves when something bigger comes in. You know which day we are there, and so does whoever has to tell a tenant when the noise happens.

What sets the number

What decides a commercial number, before you call.

We do not publish a rate per square foot, because anyone who does is either quoting a property they have not seen or building the difference into the figure. Here is what actually moves it.

Site size and how much of it is bed Measured, not guessed Beds cost more per square foot than turf, because weeding and edging is hand work. Two properties of the same acreage can be very different jobs depending on the split.
Visit frequency Weekly costs less per visit Shorter grass is faster work. A property on a fortnightly cycle costs more each time we come than the same property cut weekly, which surprises people every time.
Access and timing Before hours, or during A lot that has to be cleared of cars, or work that has to happen before a clinic opens, is a different job from an empty lot at ten in the morning. Tell us which and it goes in the quote.
What is on the contract and what is not Listed separately Irrigation checks, seasonal colour, pine straw refresh and storm work are each priced on their own line so you can drop any of them and watch the number move.

You get the figure before anything starts, itemised, and it does not move unless the scope does. If we think a property needs more than we quoted, you hear that before the work begins rather than on the invoice.

Straight answers

What property managers ask before they sign.

Who actually turns up, and is it the same people every week?

Me and one or two others, and yes. That is the whole point of hiring an outfit this size. You are not going to get a crew you have never seen because the regular one was moved to a bigger account on Thursday. If you want to know what your property looked like after a visit, you are asking the person who was standing on it.

You are small. Can you actually hold a contract?

Depends on the property, and we will tell you straight which it is. Offices, retail strips, professional practices and property managers with several scattered small sites are exactly what an outfit this size does well, and they are the properties the national firms take on reluctantly because crossing town for half an acre wrecks their routing. A four hundred unit complex is not our job and we will say so rather than take it and fail.

Are you licensed and insured, and can I get a certificate?

Licensed and insured, yes. General liability, and we can have a certificate of insurance sent to you or your management company naming them as certificate holder. Ask for it with the quote and it comes with the quote, which is not something every outfit this size can actually do.

What happens the week you do not show up?

You call the number on this page and I answer it. There is no dispatcher and no ticket. If we missed you, we come back, and if we are going to be late because of weather or a breakdown you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.

How long does it take to get a number?

Same day for maintenance, once we have the address and a walk of the site. Hardscape and anything that involves taking ground out takes longer to price properly and we would rather take the extra day than hand you a figure that moves later.

Do you work with property management companies?

Yes, and it is the work this size of company fits best. One relationship, several addresses, one invoice if you want it that way, and one person to call about any of them. Tell us how your billing needs to look and we will match it.

Can you do the hardscape as well, or only the mowing?

Both. Walkways, patios, retaining walls, parking islands and concrete are quoted per project, and they can sit alongside a maintenance contract or stand on their own. The advantage of the same company doing both is that whoever built the bed edge is the one who has to keep it.

Are you locked into a long contract?

Annual and seasonal agreements are what we prefer, because a settled route is cheaper to run and that shows up in your number. We also take work per project. What we will not do is hold you to an agreement you want out of, because a client kept by contract rather than by the work is not a client worth having.

Get your number

Send the address. We will walk it.

Maintenance quotes come back the same day once we have seen the site. Ask for the certificate of insurance and it comes with the quote.

Request a quote Call (843) 864-6504
The rest of the work

What a contract usually includes.

01 Lawn care The weekly visit, and what is in it 02 Ground covers Mulch and pine straw, refreshed on schedule 03 Cleanups Seasonal resets and storm debris 04 Fencing Screening, gates and property lines

Commercial grounds across North Charleston · Mount Pleasant · James Island · Johns Island · West Ashley.