Better School Grounds Maintenance - North West Landscapes Ltd

Does your school grounds maintenance create a 'buzz' for prospective students and parents arriving on site?
Is your external site a morale boost to staff and pupils every day?
We understand your school competes for new students. Your school grounds must impress visitors and send out a clear message about your standards.

We deliver high standards of school site ground maintenance at competitive rates. We're flexible, listen to your needs, help you achieve according to your budget from the smallest special needs primary in Toxteth to the large private schools, urban comprehensives, academy schools & universities. Discover how our clients value our work.

A proven 1st class schools grass cutting and maintenance service

We are school grounds maintenance contractors for many education establishments across Liverpool and greater Merseyside. We're contractors for John Moores University and have held that position for over a decade.
We get that you operate on fixed, limited budgets. Landscape grounds maintenance is an essential cost ideally minimised so that funds can be directed to core educational needs.
Your priorities might be summarised as:

- Professional school grounds maintenance delivered at competitive cost
- Safe, secure, reliable grass cutting (+ hedge trimming, weeding, improve durability sports fields)
- Paths kept clear of debris
- Public spaces managed to minimise vandalism
- Increased site security by keeping spaces open, unobstructed, removing unobserved 'dead' zones

Cutting grass and additional maintenance services are seasonal. Flexibility is needed.
Many schools stipulate 18 cuts in their contract.
But if the growing season includes spells of hot and wet weather, your grass will grow longer and faster. Your set contract fee for 18 cuts might leave your site looking less than its best. You might need up to 24 cuts in the season!

If you specify 18 cuts in a season, this might be only 75% of your grass cutting needs.
North West Landscapes Ltd will not quibble about extra cuts. We will do the Extra Cuts for FREE. Yes! Our no quibble policy makes both your life and ours, easier, because we keep your grounds maintenance under control. We will be flexible in visit times to improve your site according to your needs. We're unobtrusive, minimise disruption to your school activities. We're an asset to your management.

Attention to Detail Second to None

David Laitak MD North West Landscapes Ltd — David Laitak, MD North West Landscapes Ltd

North West Landscapes Ltd company ethos comes directly from managing director, David Laitak. His promise is the company's bond. We bring a level of professional, attention to detail second to none. We use the most effective machinery for the job. The best machinery combined with a flexible service ensures we deliver a better service, more cost effectively, for you.

We liaise easily with your site staff, bring improved site communication. We don't make mountains from molehills. We find our new clients settle into a level of confidence in our services.

Enjoy better communication and responsiveness

We take our responsibilities to schools seriously. We work with schools and colleges of different sizes and diverse needs.

Consistently, regardless of your site requirements, we deploy helpful, friendly staff, all DBS checked and over 35 years landscape maintenance skills. We tailor the service around your schedules. There is no job too big, too small we can't attend to. We provide hedge cutting, grass cutting, litter picking, strimming, edging, sports pitch preparation.

We're attentive on site. If we notice issues, we won't make mountains from molehills. We'll quickly advise your staff of potential problems and resolve them speedily. We find our new clients settle into a level of confidence in our services.

Sports pitches - Quality work helps your sports pitch last longer

Your grounds maintenance and sports facilities speak volumes about your school's expectations for staff and pupils. Your sports facilities, football, rugby pitch markings, athletics track lanes and the grass takes a beating across term times.

Maintaining your sports facilities to a high standard across spring, winter, summer terms will increase the durability of your sports pitches. Good management will reduce the downtime of your sports outfield, reducing days when playing surfaces are unplayable.

We own professional equipment which can improve drainage, aeration, stimulate better grass growth, improving thatch.

Our latest GPS robot sports pitch marker will save you money!

GPS robot sports pitch line marking by North West Landscapes Ltd — GPS robot is faster and saves schools money

click to see how our new GPS robot sports pitch line marker will slash your line marking costs massively

Marking out football pitches or rugby pitches the old way is time consuming and disrupts your access to a site.

Robot GPS pitch line marking for any sports field marks accurately once. Once the site has been stored in our app, re line marking is automatic and takes a fraction of the time. It will slash your outfield line marking costs.

John Moores University Head Groundsman Infrastructure, Martin Grayshon

"I recommend the services of North West Landscapes Ltd. I have found them to be a thoroughly professional company, under the direction of Mr David Laitak. The services they have provided Liverpool John Moores University have always met the highest professional requirements. They go that extra mile to ensure safety and standards of work are of paramount importance. You can be assured that deadlines and detailed specification are always achieved. The staff of the company are of the highest professional calibre, appropriately qualified personnel at all times. Their work ethos is exemplary; the projects or tasks they undertake are completed without being questioned at all times. The company hold the appropriate legislative requirements to work within any project environment they may asked to undertake”

National companies promise but cannot compete on service or quality

Recently we had a school come back to us after 3 years. The school's previous Head was very pleased with our service and the school grounds looked immaculate. It takes time to improve sites.
A new head teacher wanted to save on school grounds maintenance and put the contract out to tender.
A big, national company offered to significantly reduce costs.
They simply subcontracted work to an anonymous regional, small company. Did they have expertise or kit to do a good job? Was the subcontract demanding too much for too little?

After 3 year the site had degenerated to overgrown hedges, verges, a proliferation of weeds and vegetation. Where shrubs and beds has been diligently well maintained, they were now infested with weeds. Original planting was stripped by careless weed spraying. Decorous planting was removed; more weeds ensued. Sight lines were obscured across the site by uncontrolled growth.

Beware advertised extravagant cost savings

Site maintenance tenders too good to be true often hide ongoing extra costs. "Slash & Burn" contracts on price simply charge extra for additional visits above the basic contract agreement. Extra cuts and visits bump up the price your school pays annually. A big contractor subbing to under-powered contractors cuts the value of your ground maintenance spend at each turn.