Navarro set up a gardening/mowing business less than 12 months ago. During this time, he has purchased much of the needed equipment except a good quality, reliable ride on mower. He has used various second hand ones and has come to the conclusion that the only solution is to buy a good brand new one. The catch – it’s $6600!!
We tried to get a loan, but without a business really up and running it wasn’t approved. Therefore, we are asking Bega Valley residents to pre purchase mowing from Navarro at a reduced price. Once he has received enough money for the new mower, he will bring it over to your place. Don’t need someone to mow? He can do other sorts of gardening or household jobs like weeding or cleaning out gutters. So, for every $40 paid, he will do an hour’s work. He normally charges $45/hr for mowing so you’ll get it a little cheaper by paying before hand. Look on the rewards page for more details if you want more than 3 hours of work done.
If you don’t live in the Bega Valley and you want to help you can either donate or loan money. If you want to loan money, you will need to contact Navarro and Claire to work out a time line for paying it back. Sorry, we can’t bring the new mower to Melbourne or overseas!!
The funds will be used to purchase a Hustler Raptor Zero Turn mower from Bega Valley Mowers.
We have looked at many different types and brands of ride on mowers and we believe buying this type of mower will be the best for Navarro’s business. It’s deck size is large enough to do an efficient job, but is small enough to fit onto a normal trailer. It is also small enough to fit through gates and mow around trees.
We believe most of the challenges to setting up a business have already been overcome and the ride on mower is the final hurdle. Navarro has an ABN, insurance, a trailer, brush cutter, edger, a couple of push mowers and various other gardening tools. He has printed off business cards and fliers. But he is hesitant to advertise his services until he has a ride on mower to go with it. He does own one currently, but it is very old and may not last another 12 months.