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Crestview Property Maintenance Services offers a comprehensive array of Repairs & Maintenance Services and has a highly capable staff, prepared and ready to provide for all of your property maintenance service needs. Whether you are simply looking for someone to keep your lighting fixtures in top shape, or something more complex like a retail space refresh.Crestview has the team and resources necessary to provide the commercial property maintenance services that you require.

If you are in need of Commercial Building Maintenance, there is no better company than Crestview Property maintenance Services to contract with, as we have the experience and pedigree necessary to provide you with the top quality you deserve. We also have a world class Janitorial Services and a team that pairs very well with our janitorial maintenance teams, creating a cooperative synergy that you won’t find anywhere else.

Our highly trained in-house technicians are available for all your property needs. Contact our property maintenance services professionals today to learn more about any of the Repairs & Maintenance Services listed below, and more.

General Maintenance
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Are You Surprised? Watch This Time-Lapse Video That Shows Just How Much Traffic Goes Through a Business Parking Lot

Are You Surprised? Watch This Time-Lapse Video That Shows Just How Much Traffic Goes Through a Business Parking Lot

Aug 3rd 2018

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Whenever I go shopping or to an appointment, I have a tendency to park in the same area as the last time I was there. But sometimes, my favorite parking spaces are taken, depending on the time of day.

It doesn’t take long for my mind to start wondering how fast I can find another parking spot—because aren’t we always rushed these days? Unfortunately, that usually means making several laps around the lot—while passing dozens of other vehicles—all on the same mission. Last year, I remember coming across an astonishing report that revealed we spend approximately 17 hours per year looking for parking. That’s quite a bit of time—and gas—we waste before we even get in the doors.

Rarely does it cross my mind to think about  how much it costs this business  for me to park there. How much does it cost for parking lot striping? Or how much of a beating this parking has taken just today from the traffic?

Recently, my perception changed after I came across a video of a Massachusetts’ mall parking lot. In this video, it’s an obvious representation of how much of an impact a parking lot takes during an 8:00am to 8:00pm business day.

As you’ll see, cars (that can weigh at least 4,000 pounds each) create a constant flow—and ultimately, wear-and-tear on the parking lot. That’s a lot of oil stains, dirt coming off tires, skid marks, and trash blowing in-and-out of cars. It can quickly build up.

That means business owners can’t afford to ignore what’s happening outside their doors—even if it’s the exterior side of their business. In fact, parking lot maintenance is just as important, if not more so, as the inside of a business. We’ve all heard of first impressions, right?

That’s why as a business owner, it’s important to keep an eye on what’s going on when you arrive and leave your property each day. The moment you start spotting an increase of trash, cracks, depressions, stripe fading, or oil stains, it’s time to call a property maintenance company.

At Crestview Property Maintenance  , we begin with a survey of your parking lot and exterior concrete structures like curbs and drains. Then, we create a long-term care plan that maximizes appearance and minimizes the parking lot maintenance costs. The best part is, we manage all of these services for you.

Contact us today for a complete parking lot maintenance and building assessment to ensure you won’t break the bank over time for repair work on your parking lot.

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Summer Lawn Care for a Hot Lawn

Summer Lawn Care for a Hot Lawn

 

Your lawn may feel the heat as summer sets in, but don’t worry: Turf is tough.  With some wise care, most lawns will soon rebound to their green glory. Here are some reminders for keeping lawns healthy through July and August.

Know Your Grass

Perennial turfgrasses are either cool-season or warm-season. Cool-season grasses – like fescue, Kentucky bluegrass and ryegrass – grow more vigorously in cooler months. Warm-season grasses – like bermudagrass and zoysiagrass – grow most during hotter months.


Knowing what kind of grass or grasses are in your lawn will help you know how to deal with the summer heat. Tall fescue lawns tend to be more heat tolerant than Kentucky bluegrass and red fescue, which take the heat better than perennial ryegrass.


So, if you don’t know already, find out what grasses are in your lawn. Knowing what you have growing will help you properly mow and water, if needed, this summer. Your local garden center or university extension office can help with plant identification. The Center for Turfgrass Management, at Penn State University, provides video descriptions of many major turfgrass species at

Water Wise

One-inch to 1.5 inches of rain per week will sustain most turfgrasses in most zones. Heat and humidity can also affect the amount of water needed. So if it doesn’t rain, should you water the yard? For lawns recently seeded, the answer is probably yes; newer seedings are still developing root systems that will get the grass through future summers. Most guidelines advise watering deeply (1 to 1.5 inches) twice weekly.


If you water: Water in the morning to avoid a wet lawn overnight, which can promote disease. And early morning watering helps water soak into the sod before the day heats up.

Bear the Brown?

Watering may not be necessary, even during mild droughts; cool-season grasses will go dormant during periods of excess heat. Leaves will brown but the roots are likely still healthy, and the grass will usually green with fall rains and moderating temperatures. Tall fescue is known for being drought tolerant in this way; many Kentucky bluegrass varieties may brown during summer droughts of up to one month, then recover when rains begin.


That’s right – instead of watering the yard to keep it green all summer, consider letting nature run its course. Natural browning can even help control some yard pests, like grubs, in some areas.

Cut It High

And finally: Raise that mower deck. No matter how much the heat, the rule of thumb for turf health is to cut off no more than one-third the height of the grass. Ideal cutting heights vary according to variety, but many turfgrassses are healthiest when cut two to four inches.


Cutting a typical tall fescue yard higher during summer heat, say 3 to 3.5 inches, might even reduce the amount of summer mowing needed. Just be ready to return to more regular mowing when rains and cooler temperatures come, because proper summer care will help your yard return to all its green glory this fall.

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The dangers of Dog poo in your yard.

June 16th 2018

We all hate brown spots in our yard, especially when its poop. Maybe it’s from your neighbors dog, or your own dog, either way there are dangers of dog poop being left in the yard.

Here’s the thing, dog poop isn’t only an eye sore, its an environmental hazard, carrying with it a large range of pollutants and parasites. These parasites aren’t limited to dogs either, you could catch them too!

This isn’t just hype in 1991 the EPA designated dog waste as an environmental pollutant, placing it in the same category as pesticides. Dog poop is not only dangerous to you and your family, collectively it can infect entire waterways, and lead to algae blooms which can choke out plant and aquatic life.

Just one gram of dog poop can contain 23 million fecal bacteria, Gross!

These bacteria when left to their own devices will spread their way throughout your yard and house if you are unlucky enough to land in a mine.

Fecal bacteria have several means of spreading. You may have made a habit of cutting it into your yard, but when the s@!# hits the fan, or in this case the lawn mower blade, fecal bacteria are slung about the four corners of your yard.

Lawn mower poop launchers aren’t even the bacteria’s favorite mode of travel, they prefer being airlifted about the yard on insects and other pests, its like they have private helicopter pilots or something. When there aren’t any bugs or pests about they will just simply catch the wind, and settle in your soil or groundwater where they can stay for a year or longer!

So what kind of bacteria and parasites could you find flying around your yard exactly? Lets find out.

Among the many dangers of dog poop is parvovirus a highly contagious illness which can spread from one dog to another through fecal matter. Another inhabitant of poop is coronavirus, which while not as harmful can also be contracted by humans.

Worms and other parasites love to infect new hosts through dog poop. Whipworms, hookworms, tapeworms, roundworms, and even earthworms, dog poop has got them all.

And it gets better; E. coli, salmonella and Campylobacteriosis all of which are no fun, and can be transmitted to humans.

As you can see there really are many dangers of dog poop being left unattended. Prevent this parasite circus by scooping your dogs poop.Also be sure to teach your children the dangers, and never scoop poop, dog or cat, when pregnant or nursing.

If your dog is lethargic, losing weight, throwing up, is bloated, or has diarrhea he could have gotten one of these many lovely infections.

If your dog does end up with an infection which was caused by dog poop, you should consider treating your yard. Treating your yard will prevent your dog from getting reinfected, by killing any parasites that may be there.

A simple, organic, and even cheap treatment that can get rid of many parasites from your yard, is to spread diatomaceous earth throughout your yard, or at least where your dog is pooping.

Diatomaceous earth are simply fossilized diatoms, which were once small aquatic creatures. Diatomaceous earth is so hard and sharp that it cuts through the exoskeleton of parasites as well as their eggs. These tiny cuts, lead to the eventual death of parasites by causing them to lose moisture and dry out. More on diatomaceous earth.

Though diatomaceous earth should do the trick, if you are looking for a harsher solution there are chemicals that can be sprayed in the yard to kill off the worms, bacteria and their offspring. Of course with any chemical application you should consider the consequences, and dangers.

Now that you know the dangers of dog poop be proactive, all of those terrible things can be avoided. How should you handle Clean up and Avoid Spreading Disease?

  1. Simply scoop your dogs poop with a small plastic baggy, tie it up and throw it away, it will only take a moment. 
  2. If you don’t like the idea of throwing it away, consider an in ground digester system. These systems can be small and easy to install. They work as a contained unit which digests dog poop using an enzyme solution. The digester then liquefies the poop, which drains into the ground.
  3. If you don’t want to clean it up you can always hire someone, there are sites on google
  4. Also remember to keep your dog away from the poo of other dogs, and for goodness sake no mulching the poop into your yard!

Be sure to share this article with your neighbor, yeah you know the one. Send this article to them, or print it out, and I’ll give them the “what for” you have been wanting to give them all along.

Oh you’re still here?

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Turf Alternatives For Parking Lot Islands

Turf Alternatives For Parking Lot Islands

Posted On June 12th, 2018 10:30:00 AM  Jayson Dahl

What’s your favorite thing about a big parking lot?

The huge expanse of baking hot asphalt? The way the sun beats down relentlessly?

We didn’t think so.

It’s those sometimes shady, always green parking lot islands — pretty planted oasis of cool.

But don’t plant them with grass. In these challenging conditions, turf doesn’t cut it.

The Need For Green Islands


for Parking Lot IslandsEngineers and architects plan for a certain number of parking lot islands in order to meet county, city and state regulations, Weaver says.

“If you cut down trees to create a parking lot, the laws say you have to put some back,” Weaver says. “You have to have a certain percentage of canopy cover.”

Plus, they look nice, breaking up large expanses of hot parking lots with cool, shady spots of green plants and bright flowers.

But in older shopping centers, these islands can be so overgrown, they’re a big problem.

“You want to attract people who want to rent or lease space there,” Weaver says. “Some shopping centers are so overgrown you can’t see the stores from the street. Nobody wants to do business there.”

Level Green recently completed a re-do at an overgrown shopping center, thinning and shaping existing trees so you could see through them from the road to the stores.

“After we were done, all the vacant spots there were filled,” he says.

Landscaping matters.

First, The Challenges


A hot, sunny parking lot isn’t a plant’s first choice for a home. There are lots of challenges here.

— “You want attractive plants that are also easy to maintain,” Weaver says. “And the laws often require you use native plants.“

— Parking lot islands don’t have built-in irrigation, he says, so plants have to be drought tolerant.

— “People walk right over these islands, and step on the plants, instead of walking around them,” Weaver says. Plants have to be tough.

— Car exhaust can burn plants right up.

— Salt and snow pile up during the winter, taxing plants.

“They have to put up with a lot,” Weaver says.

Why Not Grass?


While grass is inexpensive and offers a nice carpet of green, it won’t stand up to the rigors of a big parking lot, Weaver says.

“Car exhaust and salt aren’t great for turf,” Weaver says. “You really don’t want turf there.”

Parking lot islands are rarely perfectly flat, which means mowers can scalp the grass and damage it.

And mowing turf near parked cars is risky, as flying debris could hit them. This is especially true if the island is mounded. The gap this creates between the mower deck and the ground allows more debris to escape.

Turf Alternatives For Parking Lot islands


What to use instead? There are lots of turf alternatives,


Parking Lot Island
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Barberry. This native plant has beautiful, vibrant foliage in shades of green, yellow and burgundy. Plus it has thorns, great for deterring pedestrians from stomping through the plants.

— Pyracantha. It’s also called firethorn, so yes, this one is thorny, too. But it also offers spectacular clusters of red or orange berries that emerge in the fall and stick around through the winter. And it’s drought tolerant.

—Liriope. This pretty grasslike plant is a Paul Weaver favorite for parking lot islands.

“It’s hardy, it’s hard to kill, you can walk on it, it’s relatively cheap,” Weaver says. “We’ve planted tens of thousands of these. They offer a lush, wavy grass feel.”

— Creeping juniper. You can walk on this low-lying evergreen ground cover. And it’s drought tolerant.

— Black-eyed Susan. Everybody loves this cheerful garden staple. These natives are great in mass plantings and hold up well in the tough conditions of parking lots.

“It can take abuse, and it keeps coming back,” Weaver says.

— Purple coneflower. Another garden favorite, it’s both pretty and sturdy, blooming heavily for several weeks in late summer.

— Daylily. Weaver loves the variety of this hardy and pretty plant. “You can get them tall, short, yellow, purple,” Weaver says. “It gets covered with snow and salt and it keeps coming back.”

— Not all parking lot islands have to sport greenery, Weaver says. The lowest maintenance choice is hardscape.

“Decorative gravel, pavers, stepping stones will all work well,” Weaver says. “You can also use them to create a path to encourage people to walk around the plants.”

Don’t Forget Trees


Everybody looks for a shady spot to park on a hot sunny day. But not every tree is a good choice for a parking lotisland.

“Some trees have berries that fall and can stain cars,” Weaver says. “Some attract insects and birds, and you don’t want that in a parking lot.”

Turf Alternatives

Oaks and maples are good choices for parking lot islands, .  ‘Red sunset’ and “October glory’ maples for their stunning fall foliage, and columnar oaks that grow tall and skinny rather than wide.

Trust Your Parking Lot Islands To Crestview Property Maintenace


Need a shopping center redo? It’s one of our specialties here at Crestview Property Maintenance . We’ll choose just the right plants for your parking lot islands, including the best turf alternatives, so they stay healthy and attractive all year long.

If you’re not already a Crestview Property Maintenance client, we’d love to add you to our growing list of happy customers.

Our focus is on commercial properties like offices, mixed-use sites, HOAs, municipalities and institutions in Minneapolis, St. Paul  and North Metro twin cities area.

Contact us at 612-207-0274. You can also request a free consultation online to meet with us one-on-one.

We’d love to hear from you.

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Effective Irrigation Repair Minneapolis by Crestview Property Maintenance

Effective Irrigation Repair Minneapolis by Crestview Property Maintenance

Posted on June 6th 2018

Effective Irrigation Repair Minneapolis by Crestview Property Maintenance

Posted on May 12, 2018

Every gardener knows that irrigation is the key to success. Different plants require different amounts of water during various seasons of the year and with an eye on conservation, keeping your water use to a minimum is a both financial sound and responsible. No matter what size your growing area, from large gardens to balcony growing pots, there are useful steps that you can take to make your Irrigation Repair more efficient.

Effective Irrigation Repair Minneapolis:

Effective Irrigation Repair  can be as simple as choosing the right time of day, early in the morning or in the evening whatever the best times to water your plants as the soil has time to absorb the moisture before the sun boils it off.

When you water your plants, water the soil and not the plant itself, it’s the root of the plant that need the water and applying the water directly to the soil in root area saves on water that will otherwise just evaporate. By applying these simple ideas you can make significant improvement in your irrigation methods and enjoy the benefits of a healthy garden.

These useful steps have been written by Crestview Property Maintenance for the Irrigation Repair Minneapolis, Irrigation Maintenance Minneapolis, Irrigation Blow Out Minneapolis, Irrigation Start Up MInneapolis etc. . You can send your feedback on: INFO@CRESTVIEWMN.com

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The Neighborhood Car Show is Back!

Well, it’s not actually called “The Neighborhood Car Show”, but it is called “The Anoka Classic Car Show Grand Finale”. To me, this is basically going to be a neighborhood car show since the show is returning to Downtown Anoka! In the past, the finale has been held at the State Fair. Now I don’t have to drive the 20, instead, it will more like a 5-mile drive. Plus I always hated having to deal with the State Fair crowds; I would much rather deal with the Car Show crowds.

There is just so much to do at the Anoka Classic Car Show and even more so now that I know it’s in Anoka. The show has always had great food and music. The city of Anoka and it’s amazing restaurants are sure going to be able to provide even more food options to the Grand Finale this year! While I’m down in Anoka, I think I may even pay a visit to my two favorite web designers; Crestview .anoka classic car show They are the ones that told me that the show was being held in Anoka this year!

And let’s not forget about the main reason for a car show; THE CARS. I’m talking about the Mustangs, the Chevrolet’s, the Lamborghini’s and my favorite, the Lincoln’s. I love walking around with my buddies and admiring the beautiful cars. Knowing that some people have given so much time and energy to these classics just amazes me.

I know that I will be there on Saturday, September 17th; will you?

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