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How Entire Property Solutions looks after your patch
Where the flowers bloom best
By Rosie Duff
Steering a successful company challenges work/ life balance.
Fortunately, Entire Property Solutions allows managing director Belinda Gordon and her team to have the best of both worlds. Equipped with an expert crew that provide exceptional gardening and lawn mowing services for larger residential, lifestyle and commercial properties in Christchurch, Entire Property Solutions proudly maintain their reputation as one of the best in lawn and garden maintenance business.
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First established in 2013, Belinda says her business was born out of a passion for gardening – and to enable her and her husband Nathan, to have a more flexible schedule while their kids were still young. “We were both working full-time, but of course, when you’ve got a mortgage and a young family often full-time work is the only way to move forward. So that’s when we started the plan,” Belinda explains. Indeed, it was a plan that began with a husbandand-wife team, a $500 van, home equipment and a local flyer drop. Belinda explains as they grew, Nathan left his job and worked full time in the business, growing the internal structure to meet the
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Open 7 days Mon-Sat 7am-5pm Sun 8am-4pm 4 Parkhouse Rd, Sockburn Phone: 03 341 5688 growing company’s needs, all while she ran the maintenance crews and client conversation. Some eight years later, what started off with a sign at the gate, has grown into a sizable company with many private, high profile commercial and governmental properties, as well as retirement villages in the Christchurch region. As far as lawn and garden service offerings go, Belinda explains that their range includes: • Ride-on lawn mowing both catching and mulching mowers • Full service Regular and one-off gardening services • Fixed price or hourly rate commercial green space maintenance packages including project management of irrigation and arborist services • Soft landscaping, renovation, rejuvenation and green space upgrades. Upon reflection, what first drew her to the industry was the love of nature and gardens, Belinda says. “I grew up with beautiful gardens that my parents maintained. I hoarded pots in all my flatting days and I genuinely enjoy the outdoors. “You will always find me down the back in the veggie garden or pruning something, but previously I’d always seemed to be working inside. “So, I did a horticulture course online and got going. Started advertising in my local neighbourhood and then we just grew and grew into what we are as a business today.” While Belinda says the transition from a career in sales and management into horticulture was a real change, she reflects that it has definitely paid-off. “We’re a very flexible company. We believe in staff having options as we grow to open up options for growth within our team - all while supporting continuous personal growth which makes work not seem like work. “We also acknowledge early Fridays are actually a thing and we enjoy the flexibility in the work to do this. On the flip side there’s Saturdays for staff that want extra as well.” Which is why Belinda believes the team have an enthusiastic attitude towards their work. “We’ve got a great team that want to work, we know plants, it’s our jam and we get paid to do it”, she says. Indeed, this is reflected by the fact that many of the original clients are still with them today. “I think our clients love us. We have a great rapport with everybody and we really appreciate the loyalty. If there’s ever a problem, we always have a solution”, Belinda explains. But most importantly, Belinda comments, that, if you’re thinking of starting a business: the first step is to know it’s entirely possible. And the second, is to “just do it,” she says.
