Maintaining the property can be very time consuming and expensive. Many property owners mistakenly think that they only need to make sure all “big ticket” items such as roof, furnace, windows, etc. are properly maintained and taken care of. While you certainly need to maintain those “big ticket” items on a regular basis, you also need to pay attention of other aspects of the property. When it comes to making an impression with the tenants and potential buyers the little things count equally! One of those is keeping the grounds. You’ve got to keep the trees on your property properly maintained.
If you don’t prune a tree, it’s going to grow in ways which aren’t controlled. This can mean multiple things. Roots can stretch out and compromise the plumbing of your building, making pipes weaker than they would be otherwise. A freeze can burst them.
Florida likely won’t see a lot of freezes, but the state is likely to see expansive, rapid growth. Sub-tropical trees jump up quickly and expand with equal swiftness. Additionally, they act as a habitat for local wildlife. Sure, tiny lizards aren’t much of a scourge, but left unchecked they and other creatures can quickly multiply.
Also, if a tree gets large enough long enough, it will eventually die. It may take decades, but parasites and resource depletion can dry up a tree, at which point branches become brittle, and high winds or heavy rains can soak them such that they break off onto a structure. A tree falling on a property can substantially damage its value.
The way trees appear on a property can also say, subconsciously, many things to passerby. It’s not that the trees have a subconscious quality, it’s that on a subconscious level, those who see foliage which isn’t manicured are apt to construct an opinion about it in their mind.
You Don’t Want a Haunted Property
If you walk by a building with a group of gnarled dying trees infested with lizards and spiders, even if the building has a nice paint job and offers services you need, you may be disinclined to enter.
Likewise, if the trees are flourishing but the yard is overgrown and branches go every which way, you may feel subconsciously that the business doesn’t do enough to maintain itself. You may feel, on a subconscious level that perhaps this business doesn’t do all in its power to properly provide services.
The thing is, trees have the propensity to increase the value of property if they’re properly pruned and directed in their growth. Think about a property with several massive trees bracketing a finely-maintained, newly painted entryway.
There is shade, birds chirp in the higher branches, leaves brush against each other making soothing sounds—there’s a lot to recommend such a tableau. Tableau, in this sense, means a “scene”, or a sort of “picture”; but it communicates more, and again on a subconscious level: it communicates elegance, style, peace, and value.
Managing Property
The takeaway here is to manage the foliage which is representative of your property—it should be part of your business’s operational protocol. From a business perspective, trees communicate to potential clients regarding your business. But you don’t have to demolish them to control them; there are services which help prune trees professionally.
The right Sarasota tree care services will be, as SarasotaTreeCareServices.com points out, “…affordable, reliable, and insured tree care and tree services in the Sarasota area.” They’ll know what they’re doing, and they’ll be local to the area. Finding a tree service local to your area is very important for a number of reasons.
The biology of trees differs per ecological region. You’ll have more deciduous—that means leafy—trees in southern areas, and more conifers in northern areas. But as you likely know, in Florida both types of trees are representative of the local area. When you’ve got localized services, you can trust that they’ll be able to deal with either tree.
Finally, you yourself will derive a psychological benefit from having well-manicured trees. So will the employees of your business. When everything looks good, again on a subconscious level, that communicates something. So communicate excellence, peace, and beauty by taking care of the trees on your property.
