§ THE PROPOSAL
    WHAT HIRING ME LOOKS LIKE

    The proposal process.

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

    Tell Me About Your Poison IvyPAID 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 hourly rates. No open-ended "we'll see when we get there." No added disposal or trip charges for 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 and pay the survey fee at scheduling — $300, $450, or $650 by acreage. 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 before I price 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. Approve and sign within 7 days and the survey fee is credited toward the final project total. Poison ivy grows fast — the 7-day window keeps the scope I priced aligned with the scope you'd actually be paying for.
    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 a complimentary return visit. I inspect the cleared zones and pull regrowth from missed roots at no charge. Not fine print. A scheduled visit.
    § III · BILLING & TERMS
    HOW PAYMENT WORKS

    The financial mechanics.

    01

    Project minimum

    All removal engagements carry a $1,500 minimum, regardless of property size or scope. The on-site Poison Ivy Survey turns the range into a fixed-price proposal scoped to your specific property.
    02

    Survey fee

    Paid at scheduling. $300 for properties under 1 acre, $450 for 1–3 acres, $650 for 3+ acres.
    03

    Survey credit

    If you sign the proposal within 7 days of delivery, the survey fee is deducted from the final project total. After 7 days, the credit no longer applies.
    04

    Project deposit

    50% of the project total is due at contract signing.
    05

    Final payment

    The remaining 50% is due upon completion of the removal work, before the 30-day return visit.
    06

    No hidden fees

    The proposal is all-inclusive: hand-pulling, bagging, permitted disposal, before/after documentation, and the 30-day return visit are built into the price. No separate disposal fees, no trip charges, no add-ons.
    § IV · 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.

    § V · 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'm quoting matches the scope I'm actually going to pull. The survey fee is paid again at that scheduling, and the same 7-day credit window applies to the new proposal.

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

    § VI · 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.

    Tell Me About Your Poison Ivy

    I read every submission personally.