Palms look great right up until the fronds go brown and the seed pods start dropping. Then it’s a rolling job: leaves in the pool, pods on the driveway, dead fronds hanging on and waiting for a windy day to drop on someone. For a home with a few palms it’s an annoyance. For a body corporate with a row of them over the car park and the pool, it’s a complaint waiting to happen, and a slip hazard nobody wants their name against. We keep them clean and tidy, one-off or on a regular cycle.
A palm left too long doesn’t just look messy, it gets more dangerous and more expensive to sort. Heavy dead fronds drop from height, seed pods pile up and germinate, and a neglected crown takes longer, and costs more, to bring back into shape. A regular clean keeps the palm safe and tidy year-round for less than the occasional big catch-up. We’ll suggest a sensible cycle based on the species and where the palms are, so you’re not paying for visits you don’t need.
Scheduled palm maintenance is the single most common recurring job in Gold Coast complexes, and for good reason: palms over pools, car parks and footpaths are exactly where dropped fronds and pods become a resident complaint or a liability. For body corporates we do it on one schedule, itemised, with notice before we arrive and photos on file, so the committee can budget it and show it was handled
We come out, look at the palms, and recommend a one-off clean or a schedule that suits. You get a fixed written price. On the day, the dead fronds and pods come off, the crown’s tidied, and everything’s cleaned up, pool and gutters included. Then we come back on the agreed cycle so you never have to chase it.
A proper palm clean is more than pulling off the obvious dead fronds. We take the browning and hanging fronds before they drop, remove the flower and seed spikes that turn into the mess and the seedlings, and tidy the crown so the palm looks balanced rather than scalped. On taller palms that means climbing or a platform, done safely, not someone stretching off a ladder with a pole saw.
The price comes down to the height and number of palms, how often they’re done, and the access. Palms on a regular cycle cost less per visit than a one-off catch-up on a badly overgrown crown, because there’s simply less to take off each time. For homes it’s usually a quick job; for complexes with rows of them, we quote the lot on one schedule so it’s easy to budget.
Depends on the species and where they are. Palms over a pool or car park usually want doing more often than one in the back corner. We’ll suggest a cycle that keeps on top of it without overservicing.
Yes, that’s a lot of what we do. One schedule, itemised, so the committee can budget it instead of copping it as a surprise
Always. Fronds, pods and all, including out of the pool and gutters.
Yes. If you’d rather it gone than maintained, we do palm removal too.
