Many of the older neighborhoods in Mesquite NV do not have Home Owner Associations - NO HOA fees. That is one more monthly bill that you do not have to pay for the privilege of homeownership. The bad news is that you either have to pay someone to maintain the outside of your home ..... or do it yourself. There is no Homeowner Association to take care of the yardwork. So get out those gloves!
Some of our beautiful yards in the Santa Fe Vistas neighborhood in Mesquite have lovely palm trees that may grow as high as 30 feet.
The Good News:
Lovely to look at, especially with a light breeze fluffing the fronds (froms?) way up in the sky.
The Bad News:
They need to be trimmed once a year and there is no HOA to take care of that. Did I mention that they may be 30 feet high?
Get out the blue plastic gloves and get ready for a tough job!
Why blue plastic gloves? Actually, they do not have to be blue, but my favorites are the size small stretchy ones that I borrowed from the hospital emergency room. They are blue. They also are sanitized.
The heavy-duty leather gloves just chafe
my hands! But the thick leather gloves are required to safely trim trees with a chainsaw and a machete.
I just hate that chafey feeling and it ruins my nails. So before I put the rough heavy-duty leather gloves on, I smother my hands with Vaseline intensive care cream and put the blue stretchies on.
Then I wear the leather safety gloves over the blue stretchies and still feel like a lady - I know that $30 manicure is safe!
With my special glasses and those funny boots with the spikey things sticking out of the soles, up the ladder I go with my chain saw and machete!
There I am swingin' around that palm tree and having a great time chopping and trimming those palm fronds. (froms? whatever)
My husband always cleans up the mess when I am done trimming the palm trees.
He thinks I look so cute in this outfit! He bought me a darling safety hat to protect my fair skin from those disgusting bugs that live up there.
And those spikey boots are great to wear to those big clearance sales at the local department stores...
...those other ladies just step aside when I barge forward to get that last $4 sweater on that sale rack. I wear the gloves, too!
I always enjoy my Palm Tree Trimming Day! And save $$ on HOA fees. :)
OK, OK, OK !!! That really isn't me trimming the palm trees. It was Carlos Deleon - tree trimming specialist in Mesquite NV. I don't even own a machete.
Carlos does full landscaping work as well as maintenance and yard work. He does a great job and never leaves a mess behind. And he doesn't even wear the blue gloves with the lotion. But I would've.
And those are my blue goves under my kitchen sink.
So if you live in a Mesquite Neighborhood with NO HOA FEES - Call Carlos DeLeon for Lawn Care. Or me - I'd like to get some wear out of that cute outfit.
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Thank you for the great wealth of information and update on your area, Great work! Wishing you the best!
Virginia, makes me happy that there are Associations to take care of all the work!
Vick - thank you - best to you, too!
Tom - it is much easier when the Homeowner Association takes care of the yardwork.
Oh, Virginia, you CRACK ME UP with the whole glove dilema and your penchant for BLUE ones! I'll stay away at a sweater sale, as well!
On a serious not, you are right about the "cons" of not having a HOA - there is always two sides!
Leesa - Many of my second home buyers want the Homeowner Association - and do not want to do yard work, probably do not even own a pair of blue plastic gloves. :)
Your post was both informative and funny--two great ways to make sure the reader learns something and enjoys it. Nice job.
Thanks, Norma - palm tree trimming is a chore, better left to the professional yard care guys!
That was a fun post to read! I was totally believing you got up there with your machete, and your husband stayed on the ground and told you how cute you were. LOL!
Very funny Virginia! That is one thing about Palm Trees, the definitely need to be trimmed on an annual basis. We have 10 in our yard and just had them trimmed professionally this week. It can be costly, but there is no way my husband could climb up those trees and get it done like the professionals!
Joetta - I am a couch potato - I don't even pull weeds. :) But if I did, my husband is wise enough to tell me that I look cute doing it!
Stephanie - It was fun to write it for the blog anything contest. My husband does our yard maintenance, he doesn't need "no stinkin HOA" - but I kinda wish we had a homeowner association to do this stuff, fees or not - he is getting too old - don't tell him I said that!!
I love how you got the under the sink comment in - I missed the beginning of that.... ah well. Have a great week!
Virginia, you had me going until I saw the moustache on Carlos! Very informative post and I love your idea about how to save a manicure - works for gardening on the ground, too I suppose :)
Virginia--you are hysterical! You go girl! How fun to climb the trees but,you're right, not many folks want to do that--I think having HOA managed properties are definitely worth giving up donning the 'blue gloves!'
Hope you're well and geared up for a fabulous weekend...
Virginia - That was SOOOO funny. I was really believing that you actually climbed the palms and trimmed them. I was scared for you! Great informative post!
Hi April - yes, it is a stealth sink contest post. :)
Sharon - this method works for any kind of yard work, maintenance or cleaning chores. Try it!
Debe - when I was a kid, I climbed trees like a monkey - now I leave that stuff for the landscaping professionals and the homeowner association guys.
Thanks, Mark - I fooled you! No, I do not do any physical work around here - gardener I am not!
Virginia,
If I decide to move to your area, could you find me something with HOA, so that I do not even need to know how high those trees can grow?
Sorry, Jon, those No Hoa neighborhoods are sold out - better bring some blue gloves and a machete.
I had to pop back over and see if you'd added any more photos of you climbing trees!! LOL
Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday...
No, Debe, that day wore me out. I am moving to a neighborhood with HOA Fees. :)