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This is where we are based, which has a practical consequence for you rather than a sentimental one: we are already here. Shorter drive, tighter route, and the flexibility to come back the same week when something needs doing again.
North Charleston does not have one type of property the way Mount Pleasant more or less does. Park Circle bungalows on small established lots, ranches from the sixties and seventies with real yards, and newer builds further out. Each wants a different answer.
What a lot of it shares is open sun. Less of the continuous live oak canopy that shades James Island and old West Ashley, which is good news for grass choice. In full sun bermuda and zoysia both do well, and centipede stops being the default answer just because it is cheap.
Full sun and sandy soil also means the two Lowcountry pests show up in force. Mole crickets tunnel through sandy soil and turn firm turf spongy underfoot, and they work from Charleston right down the coast. Chinch bugs go after St. Augustine and centipede every summer and leave irregular dead patches that look exactly like drought stress, which is why people water them and make it worse.
If a patch of your lawn died in July and watering it did nothing, that is worth saying when you call. It changes the diagnosis and it changes the quote.
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Then it probably is not drought. Chinch bugs leave irregular dead patches in St. Augustine and centipede that look identical to dry stress, and watering them makes the damage worse. Tell us when it died and how it spread and we can usually tell which it is.
Mole crickets, most likely. They tunnel through sandy soil and lift the turf off its roots. It is a pest problem, not a mowing problem, and sod laid over it just feeds them.
Effectively, yes. Drive time is real cost, and the closer and denser the route the less of it there is to cover. If we already cut on your street it shows up in your number.
You get a real figure the same day, and we will tell you what is driving it. If your property needs more than we quoted, you hear that before anyone starts, not after.
We also work in Mount Pleasant · James Island · West Ashley · Johns Island.