Kensington mixes old workers' cottages with the newer townhouses of Kensington Banks. Ross clears garden waste from both, carrying it out through whatever access there is.
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 Kensington 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.
Cottage prunings and townhouse hedge trimmings.
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.
Small yards tidied for sale or new tenants.
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.
Dry leaves and dead growth from courtyards.
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.
Branches from street and yard trees after wind.
Kensington has two quite different sides. The older part is Victorian and Edwardian workers' cottages and terraces on small blocks, often with a narrow side path and a courtyard out the back. Kensington Banks, built from the 1990s on old industrial land, is townhouses and newer homes with compact gardens and shared spaces.
Both produce green waste. The cottages tend to have older plantings, fruit trees and climbers that have been growing for years. The newer homes have hedges and screen plantings that need regular trimming. Either way, space to store a pile is limited, so a green waste pickup is usually the easiest option.
The cottages in Kensington often have gardens that have been added to over decades. A lemon tree, a grapevine, roses out the front, and climbers that have grown well past where they were meant to.
Cutting it back is one thing; getting it out of a small cottage with no driveway is another. Ross takes care of that part.
Kensington Banks homes typically have small courtyards and front gardens with hedges and screen plants. Many are accessed only through the house or garage.
Ross can carry the trimmings through with the floors protected, and keep the loads to a sensible size so it's quick and clean.
Kensington has plenty of rented homes, and small gardens can go downhill quickly between tenants. A tidy-up before a new lease or an inspection makes a big difference.
Ross can clear the yard in one visit and work with the owner or property manager on timing. Tell him about any plants that should stay, and whether the tenant needs to be home to let him through.
Small gardens in Kensington can get away from you in spring. A pickup after the spring trim keeps courtyards usable and the green bin free for the regular stuff.
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.
