
Commercial · Hotels & motels
Grounds maintenance for hotels and motels in Tauranga
Guests judge a motel by the car park and the front garden before they reach reception. We keep lawns, gardens, hedges and entrances guest-ready at hotels and motels around Tauranga and the Mount, timing visits around check-out and check-in, and adding extra visits for the summer peak.
Hotels & motels
Guest-ready grounds, maintained early before check-outs.
- Early visits, before most guests check out
- Lawns, gardens and entrances kept guest-ready
- A schedule that flexes around your busy periods
- Locally owned
- Site H&S plans
- Reply in 1 day
- Photo reports
Hotels & motels
What hotels and motels need from a grounds contractor
What we hear from committees, managers and site owners, and how we handle it.
Guest-ready every day
Entrances, gardens and lawns kept neat, with weeds out of the car park and paths swept, because guests notice.
Work around guests
Visits timed for the quietest part of the day, usually after check-out, with noisy work kept away from occupied rooms.
A schedule that flexes
More visits leading into summer and the holiday peaks, fewer in the quiet months, agreed in advance.
Sites
Accommodation grounds we look after
Every property is planned around guests: when they arrive, where they park and what they see from their room.
Motels
Car parks, frontage gardens and the lawns and planting between units, kept tidy for arriving guests.
Hotels and serviced apartments
Entrances, courtyards and planters that set the first impression.
Holiday parks and coastal accommodation
Lawns, hedges and shared areas on the Mount and Pāpāmoa that get busy over summer.
Pool and courtyard gardens
Planting around pools and seating areas kept neat and clear.
Scope
Hotel and motel grounds maintenance: what's included
A typical scope for a Tauranga or Mount property. We write yours with the manager after a site walk.
Every visit
- Mowing lawns and grassed areas
- Edges trimmed along paths and car parks
- Car parks, paths and entrances blown clean
- Litter picked up from gardens and car parks
- A short report for the manager
Seasonal
- Hedge and shrub trimming
- Weeding gardens, planters and courtyards
- Weed spraying on paving and car parks
- Autumn leaf clearing
By arrangement
- Extra visits before busy weekends or events
- Planter and garden refreshes
- Pre-summer clean-ups
- Storm clean-ups
Not included
- Tree felling and large tree work (we can point you to an arborist)
- Irrigation repairs and plumbing
- Building, paving or retaining wall repairs

How it works
How a hotel or motel contract works
- Free site walkWe walk the property with the manager and note gardens, lawns, hedges, car parks and the times the site is busiest.
- Seasonal scheduleYou get a written scope and a schedule that steps up in summer and eases off in winter.
- Visits with reportsA short report after each visit, with anything we noticed flagged for the manager.
Through the year
A year of grounds care for Tauranga accommodation
The visit schedule follows your occupancy as much as the grass, stepping up for summer and the holiday peaks.
SpringSep–Nov
Growth takes off ahead of the busy season. First hedge trim, gardens weeded and planters refreshed.
SummerDec–Feb
Peak guests and peak growth. Extra visits where needed, with work timed after check-out.
AutumnMar–May
Leaf clearing and the second hedge trim as things quieten down.
WinterJun–Aug
The quiet months. Fewer visits and a good time for bigger garden work before next summer.
Compliance
Working around guests
Guests shouldn't notice the grounds crew, only the result. Every visit is planned so it doesn't disturb them, and recorded so you know it was done.
Questions to ask any accommodation grounds contractor
- What time will your crew be on site?
- Can you add visits before busy periods?
- How will you keep noise away from guests?
- Will you write a safety plan for our property?
- Are you insured, and can we see the certificate?
Source: WorkSafe: overlapping duties. General information, not legal advice.
Visits timed around guests
Usually late morning after check-out, with noisy work kept away from occupied rooms.
Site-specific safety plan
Written before the first visit, covering guests, vehicles in the car park and spraying.
Insurance
Public liability insurance, with the certificate supplied with your quote.
A report after each visit
What was done, and anything we noticed that needs attention.
Services for hotels & motels
All commercial servicesFAQs
Hotels & motels: common questions
Can't see your question? Call or text 0800 634 245 and talk to the team.
What time will you be on site?
Usually late morning, after most guests have checked out. We agree the times with you before the first visit.
Can you add visits before a busy weekend or event?
Usually, yes. Let us know as early as you can and we'll fit in an extra visit.
Do you look after pool and courtyard gardens?
Yes. Planters, courtyards and gardens around pools can all go in the scope, along with hedge and shrub trimming.
Do you cover the Mount and Pāpāmoa?
Yes. We cover hotels and motels across Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa.
Can you sweep up after storms or big events?
Yes. Storm and event clean-ups can be booked as one-off jobs, and we'll fit them in as quickly as we can.
Industries
Other sites we look after
The same written scope, schedule and reporting, set up for each kind of site. All industries
- Schools & childcareWork scheduled around sessions, play times and holidays, with a safety plan for every site.
- Retirement villagesTidy, safe paths and grounds, with noisy work timed around residents.
- Body corporatesClear scopes, committee-ready photo reports and one monthly invoice.
- Property managersTenancy-ready lawns and gardens across your whole portfolio.
- Commercial propertiesEntrances, car parks and landscaping kept presentable for customers.
- Industrial sitesLarge-area mowing and weed control with full health & safety planning.
- Holiday homesMown and tidy before guests arrive, with photo updates for owners away.
- Another kind of site?Tell us about it and we'll book a free site walk.

Free quote
Book a free site assessment
Tell us about your site and we'll arrange a time to walk it with you. You'll get a written scope and price.
Call 0800 634 245Monday – Friday 7:30am – 5:30pm · Saturday 8:00am – 1:00pm
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- Fully insured
- H&S plan for every site
- Photo report after every visit