Need a garden maintenance company (keep being let down)

[thebears]

Is there a good garden maintenance company around here, or Cha-Am, because I have been let down repeatedly by local gardeners from garden shops, even though I've been paying them very well.

I realise that a company is likely to charge more, but the cost is irrelevant to me because staying at home for gardeners who never turn up is causing a lot of inconvenience. Thanks.

[paul406]

I recommend RoombyRoom.com

they have been taking care of The Heights 1 common area as well as many private homes in our village.

I have been very pleased with their work and they are prompt to reply to any needs or requests you have of them

Paul

[GLCQuantum]

A suggestion...

PM HHFarang. I know he has a high maintenace garden costing thousands of baht a month for the water alone. Not sure if he uses anyone in particualer but worth a shot.

[crazy88]

I use the garden centre next to the shop opposite Naab Thong restaurant at the top of soi 88. We used to pay a fixed fee but the guy told us that sometimes they did not need to come and we were wasting our money and just to call or drop by the shop when we need anything. Always there next day or day after.Don't know where you live so cannot say if he covers your area. Name Jack, limited English but his wife speaks plenty enough as does her sister.

Crazy 88

[thebears]

I recommend RoombyRoom.com
they have been taking care of The Heights 1 common area as well as many private homes in our village.

Thanks very much, but that web site (if it is a web site) is not a garden company.

Do you have a telephone number by any chance? Thanks.

[paul406]

My apologies for not posting the correct web address for Room by Room

the correct web address is room by room thailand.com

Their website appears as a property/real estate office, however the do garden maintenance as well

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[hhfarang]

PM HHFarang. I know he has a high maintenace garden costing thousands of baht a month for the water alone. Not sure if he uses anyone in particualer but worth a shot.

We have our own dedicated full time gardener... and yes, we've been through about one per year since we've been living in the house. They always start out good, but as the months go by the quality of work as well as their attendance always starts to decline.

[hollister]

A suggestion...

PM HHFarang. I know he has a high maintenace garden costing thousands of baht a month for the water alone. Not sure if he uses anyone in particualer but worth a shot.

I am thinking to get a rainwater tank for the garden. My thai wife loughed at me claiming water in Thailand is very cheap. Well I don't know and even if so ... For how much longer.

What's the price of water for 1 m3 or whatever unit its quoted?

[chopsticks]

Approx. 6 to 20+ Baht depending on who supplies it.

[crazy88]

Govt water is cheap but if you are trucking it in then it is way dearer than Chopsticks says. Used to pay 600 Bt to fill a 1600l tank and top up the pool so roughly 150 Bt per cubic m. Water bill these days is around 100 Bt per month on a 3 bedroom place with a decent size garden. 5 Bt per m3 in our area.

Crazy 88

[pitsch]

The problem is, that in the rainy season you will have a lot of water in the tank, but you don't need it, because it is raining. In the dry season, when you need the water, the tank will be empty. I pay only 5 Baht for the first 30m3 and then 7 Baht/m3. Last year I paid between 250 and 1500 Baht/month, averaged over the year 800 Baht/month (120m3).

[hollister]

What happens to the wter (quality) in the fresh water tank during the 6 to 8 months we will be abroad? Will it empty, circulate or what ?

[chopsticks]

It's not really practical to store enough water to last more than a few days and as Crazy88 said it then becomes expensive having to pay for water to be trucked in.

For water not used for 6-8 months it somewhat depends on the storage tanks used - if of the cheaper blue plastic variety it will probably be full of algae and go stagnant.

If it's made of resin or fibreglass etc. then you could probably add some sanitizer chemicals and hope for the best or ideally drain it before leaving.
Underground plastic tanks shouldn't be drained though as they may collapse.

[bcrglobal]

I recommend RoombyRoom.com

they have been taking care of The Heights 1 common area as well as many private homes in our village.

I have been very pleased with their work and they are prompt to reply to any needs or requests you have of them

Paul

Agree completely--they do an outstanding job here in Heights 1, and their people are friendly too.

[dtaai-maai]

What happens to the wter (quality) in the fresh water tank during the 6 to 8 months we will be abroad? Will it empty, circulate or what ?

Do you have someone coming in to water your garden? If so, you could tell them to make sure they use water from the tank, rather than direct from the mains.