How we work at Clear.
Concrete commitments, not green washing. This is the operating manual for how every Clear job gets done — and how every customer can hold us to it.
Chemical-free, by default
No synthetic herbicides, pesticides or fungicides — ever, on any garden we look after. We rely on cultural practice (mowing height, mulching, hand-weeding, hot water, vinegar where appropriate) and good design. It works, it's safer for kids, pets and pollinators, and it costs the same.
Electric tools where they perform
We're progressively replacing two-stroke petrol kit with battery equivalents. Our mowers, strimmers and hedge cutters are battery-powered for almost all jobs. Quieter for your neighbours, no fumes for our team, and the performance is genuinely there now.
Compost on site, not in landfill
We compost garden arisings on the customer's own compost bay whenever possible. It feeds your garden next season, and removes a van trip to the green-waste tip.
Locally sourced, locally based
We live and work in Fife. We buy materials from local suppliers wherever we can, route jobs efficiently to minimise driving, and recommend other local trades when a job is outside our scope.
Fair hours, fair pay, fair pricing
One transparent hourly rate, every job quoted bespoke, no contracts, no tie-ins. We work fair days, not 16-hour rushes, and we charge what the work costs — not what we can squeeze out.
Our promises, written down.
- →No synthetic chemicals on any garden we maintain.
- →Compost or recycle every clipping, prune and bag of arisings — landfill is a last resort.
- →Battery-powered hand tools wherever performance matches petrol.
- →Buy materials locally first, online second.
- →Decline jobs that would damage protected wildlife (bird nesting season hedge cuts, etc.) and explain why.
- →Live-stream our work — full transparency, no shortcuts hidden behind closed doors.
- →Quote bespoke, charge by the hour, never invoice for time we didn't spend.
- →Always recommend repair before replacement.
- →Keep our van loads efficient and our journeys planned.
- →Train and pay our team properly, because rushed and underpaid work is bad work.
If you ever feel we've fallen short of any of these, tell us. We\'ll put it right.
The kind of work we want to do.
Repeat customers we know by name. Gardens that get better year on year. Houses we've repainted twice. Long relationships, fair hours, work we're proud of.