Commercial grounds need a schedule that holds regardless of weather, staff turnover, or who’s watching that week — a body corporate, a retail frontage, or an industrial site all need the same reliability. Tauriko’s Business Estate and its growing retail and mixed-use frontages sit alongside established residential streets, and each site type needs its own written scope. We run to a set schedule and a set scope, quoted as a contract rather than guessed job to job.
Tell us the property type and rough frequency needed and we’ll put a scope together.
Commercial sites need a written scope, not a rough understanding.
A retail frontage prioritises kerb appeal and presentation. An industrial site prioritises practical, low-fuss upkeep. A body corporate prioritises consistency across shared areas. Each needs a different scope.
Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly visits each suit different growth rates and presentation standards, agreed upfront in the contract.
Exactly what’s mown, trimmed, and maintained is documented, so there’s no ambiguity about what’s included.
Ad hoc grounds care works fine until something’s missed.
An informal arrangement usually starts fine but drifts over time — a visit gets skipped, a task quietly drops off, and nobody notices until presentation has slipped noticeably.
A written scope of works fixes exactly what’s included, how often, and to what standard, so there’s a clear reference point if anything’s ever in question.
That matters more for shared or commercial sites than residential ones. A body corporate committee or a retail landlord needs to be able to point to what was agreed, not rely on memory of a verbal conversation.
Contracts are reviewed annually, so the scope can be adjusted as the site or its presentation needs change, without starting from scratch each time.
Consistent crew, consistent standard, every scheduled visit.
Every visit follows the written scope — the same tasks, to the same standard, on the same schedule.
The same crew works the same site wherever possible. Familiarity with a site means faster visits and fewer things missed, which matters more the more often a crew’s on site.
Tauriko runs from established commercial pockets to fast-growing new development.
An established commercial or mixed-use site around Tauriko usually has settled turf areas and mature planting with a predictable growth pattern. A site on a newer development — whether retail frontage or a fresh industrial lot within the Business Estate — often starts with recently laid turf and young landscaping that needs a different early maintenance rhythm while it establishes.
We scope the contract to the site’s real conditions. A newly landscaped development frontage and an established commercial site rarely need an identical maintenance plan from day one.
Fixed once we’ve looked. Green waste and GST are both already in it.
Every commercial contract is quoted after a site walk-through. Presentation standards and scope vary enough between sites that a fixed number needs a proper assessment first.
Scheduled visits stay consistent — the workload within each visit shifts with the season.
The schedule doesn’t change with the season, but the work inside each visit does. Spring visits run longer as growth accelerates, and newer sites with establishing turf and planting often need closer attention through their first year on top of the standard scope.
Our body corporate had gone through three different grounds contractors in five years, each one drifting off the original scope within months. Having a written contract with Lawnify has meant the committee finally has something to point to, and the grounds have looked consistent for over a year now.
Mostly about the job rather than about us, which is how it should be.
Yes, body corporate and shared-grounds contracts are a regular part of our commercial work.
It’s quoted after a site walk-through based on size, frequency and scope — there’s no fixed rate card for commercial work.
Yes, contracts are reviewed annually, and scope changes can be discussed anytime in between if the site’s needs change.
Yes, GST is included on every invoice we issue.
It can. Recently laid turf and young landscaping often need a closer early maintenance rhythm, and we factor that into the scope for newer sites.
Yes, commercial accounts are assigned a single point of contact rather than rotating through different staff.
Any issues like irrigation faults or damage are flagged the same day, as part of the visit.
Yes, multi-site contracts can be bundled together for a more efficient combined schedule.
Most people add one or two of these, since we’re already on the property.
