Photo by Jon Arman
After a few months of managing his loan commercial property, La Cholla Landscaping Owner Gabe Lobato has relaxed a bit and feels like he has a grasp on the job. He says the change occurred after taking a walkthrough with a client about a month after starting work on the job.
“To actually have them one-on-one walking through, it definitely is a great thing to do within one to two months after taking a new property,” Lobato says.
In addition, he got a better grasp on how to quote enhancement work in a proposal for the property, on top of the work the Arizona-based company is currently performing. “There are some things with variables and verbiage that I needed help or assistance with – how to navigate that in a contract or proposal wise for those enhancements,” he says.
One lesson Lobato learned when bidding commercial work is that you really have to find the pain points the property manager had with the previous landscaper.
Harvester’s take: Bill Arman and Ed Laflamme of the Harvest Group say they want to see Lobato implement calling software sooner rather than later to get more leads on commercial work.
Click here to check out the June issue of Lawn & Landscape for the full story on La Cholla Landscaping.