Big post-war blocks, established back yards and a lot of rebuilding. Bentleigh East produces bulk green waste, and Ross takes it away by the trailer load.
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 Bentleigh East 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.
Big back-yard pruning piles.
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.
Full garden clear-outs before rebuilds.
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.
Summer tidy of dry growth and leaves.
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.
Large fallen limbs loaded and removed.
Bentleigh East is one of the bigger suburbs in Glen Eira, running out toward Warrigal Road. Most of it was built in the post-war years on generous blocks, and a lot of those houses are now being replaced with new homes or pairs of townhouses. The streets are a mix of original gardens and fresh landscaping.
Bigger blocks mean bigger gardens, and bigger gardens mean more green waste. Established fruit trees, long hedges and back-yard shrubs all need cutting, and rebuilds need the garden cleared. Ross handles green waste removal in Bentleigh East for both.
When a Bentleigh East house is sold for development, the garden usually has to be cleared first. Shrubs, hedges, climbers and years of accumulated growth all need to go before demolition.
Ross takes the green material. Trees need an arborist and possibly a permit from Glen Eira City Council, and the builder handles everything else.
Many original Bentleigh East homes still have their big back yards: fruit trees, a lawn, a shed and a back fence hidden behind shrubs. Keeping that under control takes regular pruning, and the offcuts add up fast.
Ross can take away one big clean-up, or do regular pickups after each seasonal prune. Book them as needed.
New homes and townhouses often come with fresh landscaping. The plants grow quickly, and hedges and screens need trimming within a year or two.
A regular green waste collection keeps it manageable, especially for smaller townhouse gardens where there is nowhere to store a pile.
The winter prune in Bentleigh East back yards produces a lot of waste. Getting it removed by August means the garden is ready when the spring growth starts and the lawn needs its first cut.
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.
