After the Christmas storm in Mermaid Waters
Andrew Gallagher · Storm Debris Removal · Mermaid Waters
The story
I'm in Mermaid Waters, and I'll be honest: I put this off for far too long. We had a bad hailstorm, and the next morning the yard was covered in leaves, branches and pieces of our pergola roof.
Big branches, a crushed section of colorbond fence, shredded shade cloth and the remains of a garden shed the tree had landed on.
Mermaid Waters is family-friendly canal and lake streets close to shopping centres, and getting things out isn't always simple. Straightforward suburban access all week.
I sent a couple of photos and got a call back within the hour. They gave me a rough idea on the phone but said they'd confirm a fixed price when they saw it in person.
They parked so the back of the truck lined up with the side gate, put a drop sheet down at the door and asked me to show them anything that was staying.
Some of the fence sheets had sharp edges and were twisted into the branches. They cut them free carefully and stacked them separately for metal recycling.
By the time I'd made them a coffee, it was nearly finished. The price didn't change, and they even took a couple of extra bits I'd forgotten about without charging more.
I'd tried to do it myself twice before. Next time I'm just ringing straight away.