§ THE PROPOSAL
    WHAT HIRING ME LOOKS LIKE

    The proposal process.

    From your first photos to my 30-day return visit.

    PAID SURVEY · FIXED-PRICE SCOPE · 30-DAY RETURN VISIT
    § I · HOW IT WORKS
    SIX STEPS, START TO FINISH

    A fixed-price proposal, scoped to what's actually on your property.

    Every project follows the same six-step engagement. I read your submission, survey the property, write a fixed-price proposal, schedule the work, do the removal, and come back in 30 days. No open-ended "we'll see when we get there." Disposal and haul-away are part of the approved scope.

    The mechanics below are how the work actually moves from your first message to the final walk-through.

    § II · THE ENGAGEMENT
    STEP BY STEP

    What hiring me looks like.

    I

    Tell me about your property

    You submit the form on the homepage with photos of the worst spots and a short description of what you're seeing. I read every submission personally. If it's a fit, I send a private link to schedule your Poison Ivy Survey. If it's not, I tell you that too.
    II

    The Survey

    You book a 60-minute on-site survey. The survey is a field assessment: I walk the property, identify the active poison ivy zones I document, photograph what I find, and build the scope of the work. When conditions allow, I mark the active zones with non-toxic UV tracer dye and walk the property with you under UV light. The map, photos, and fixed-price proposal are always part of the deliverable.
    III

    Property map & proposal

    After the survey, you receive a custom property map showing the active zones I identified and documented during the survey, along with a fixed-price proposal scoped to exactly that documented scope. The map is yours to keep whether or not you book the removal.
    IV

    Approve & sign

    Proposals are valid for 7 days from delivery. Poison ivy grows fast — the 7-day window keeps the scope I documented aligned with the scope I would actually be pulling.
    V

    Removal work

    Removal is scheduled after signing, weather and project sequencing permitting. Project length is set in the proposal — most are a single day on-site, with larger projects scoped accordingly. I document the work with before/after photos. Debris is hand-pulled, bagged, and hauled away as part of the approved scope, usually the same day on single-day projects.
    VI

    30-day return visit

    Around day 30, I reach out to schedule the return visit. I inspect the cleared zones and pull regrowth from missed roots. Not fine print. A scheduled visit.
    § III · THE 30-DAY RETURN VISIT
    REGROWTH POLICY

    The 30-Day Return Visit: Regrowth vs. Reseeding.

    The 30-day return visit covers anything that regrows from a root I missed in a cleared zone. If you see poison ivy in an area I treated, I come back and pull it.

    What it doesn't cover: new poison ivy that arrives after the work. Birds eat poison ivy berries year-round and deposit seeds across property lines. A new seedling that sprouts six weeks after my visit isn't a missed root — it's a new plant. That's the difference between regrowth and reseeding, and it's why ongoing management matters more than promises of permanent removal. For the full biological reasons poison ivy comes back, see the hand-pulling case.

    § IV · IF THE PROPOSAL EXPIRES
    AFTER 7 DAYS

    What happens if you sign late.

    After 7 days, the proposal no longer holds.

    Poison ivy grows fast enough that a proposal written today may not match the property three weeks from now. If you sign after the 7-day window, the property needs a fresh survey before work begins so the scope I documented matches the scope I'm actually going to pull.

    This isn't a sales tactic. It's the only honest way to scope work on a plant that doubles in size between scoping and removal.

    § V · FREQUENTLY ASKED
    DIRECT ANSWERS

    Frequently asked.

    § NEXT
    REQUEST A SURVEY

    Tell me about your poison ivy.

    Browse the Poison Ivy Survey, or request a survey. Service area: Weston primary; Lincoln, Wayland, Sudbury, and Wellesley case by case.

    I read every submission personally.