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One-time clean or membership? Run the numbers on your yard.

A membership is only a good deal if you would have booked those visits anyway. So here is the arithmetic with our actual prices, band by band, for both membership tiers against the same visits bought one at a time. The answer changes with the size of the yard, and we show where it flips.

4 min read · Updated · by Brian, TIMELESS Turf Restoration

Is a turf cleaning membership cheaper than paying per visit?

It depends on the yard size and how many visits you would book. TIMELESS ELITE costs $1,668 a year for four Premium Restorations; bought one at a time those cost $1,596 in the 501–1,000 sq ft band and $1,996 in the 1,001–1,500 sq ft band, so the membership saves money from about 1,000 square feet up. Book once or twice a year on turf up to 3,000 square feet, and per-visit is cheaper.

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The two memberships, and what four visits cost without one

Both memberships are four visits a year, billed monthly, at a flat rate. Essential Care is $89 a month ($1,068 a year) for four lighter visits: blow-off and grooming, a light rinse, basic odor treatment and priority scheduling. TIMELESS ELITE is $139 a month ($1,668 a year) for a full Premium Restoration every quarter plus 10% off repairs and add-ons. Here is what the same four visits cost bought one at a time.

Turf area4 Essential CleansEssential Care4 Premium RestorationsTIMELESS ELITE
Up to 500 sq ft$796$1,068$1,196$1,668
501–1,000 sq ft$996$1,068$1,596$1,668
1,001–1,500 sq ft$1,196$1,068$1,996$1,668
1,501–2,000 sq ft$1,396$1,068$2,396$1,668
2,001–3,000 sq ft$1,796$1,068$2,996$1,668
3,001–5,000 sq ft$2,396$1,068$3,596$1,668

Over 5,000 square feet, everything is quoted. Prices as of September 2026; the membership page has the current figures.

Where the break-even sits

ELITE against four Premiums. On a yard up to 500 square feet, four Premiums bought separately are $1,196 and the membership is $1,668, so per-visit wins by $472. In the 501–1,000 band the two are within $72 of each other and the membership adds the add-on discount and priority booking. From 1,001 square feet up the membership is cheaper outright: $328 saved in the 1,001–1,500 band, $728 in the 1,501–2,000 band, and more above that.

Essential Care against four Essentials. The same shape. Under 1,000 square feet, four Essentials are a little cheaper than the plan; from 1,001 square feet the plan is cheaper, and the plan visits include the basic odor step that a one-time Essential does not.

Rather have it done properly the first time?

Brian prices it by square foot before any work starts, and every job ends blown clean.

The honest question: would you book four times?

Most people who pay per visit book once, maybe twice. A one-dog yard cleaned twice a year with Premiums is $798 in the 501–1,000 band, which is less than half the cost of ELITE. If that is what you would actually do, the membership is not for you. The membership earns its price when the yard needs the treatment every quarter, which on the coast means any yard a dog uses daily, or when you want the visits to happen without you remembering to call. Our frequency table says which yards need four visits and which need one.

By situation

  • People-only yard, any size: per visit. One Premium after pollen season and an Essential in the fall.
  • One dog, yard up to 500 sq ft: per visit. Four Premiums bought one at a time are $1,196, $472 less than ELITE.
  • One dog, 501–1,000 sq ft: either. Four Premiums per visit is $1,596; ELITE is $1,668 with the add-on discount and priority booking. Pick on convenience.
  • One dog, yard over 1,000 sq ft: ELITE, and the saving grows with the yard.
  • Two or more dogs, daily potty yard: ELITE now; Pet Turf ELITE at $169 a month once its extra steps are finalized. Ask Brian what it adds when he calls.
  • Vacation rental: per visit, timed to the season and storms, unless the yard is a dog-friendly listing.
  • Putting green: quoted by green; a quarterly brush is usually added to a membership rather than sold as one.

What the membership buys that the table does not show

Priority scheduling matters twice a year here: after pollen season in May, and after a storm in September, when everyone calls the same week. Members are booked first. The 10% off repairs and add-ons on ELITE is worth $25 on a $250 seam repair and $15 on a $150 heavy odor treatment, real but small. And a yard seen every quarter gets its infill, seams and edges checked before a problem becomes a repair, which is the saving that never shows up on the invoice.

When to call us

If the yard needs a Premium Restoration every quarter and is over 1,000 square feet, the membership costs less than four separate visits and you should take it. If you will book one or two on a yard up to 3,000 square feet, pay per visit: Essential Clean $199–$599, Premium Restoration $299–$899. Either way, the first visit is where we measure the turf and tell you which band and which plan actually fits.

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FAQs

Related questions

1Can I cancel a membership?
Yes, any time after the current quarter's visit. There is no long contract; the plan is billed monthly for four visits a year, and it is meant to be an easier way to get visits you would book anyway.
2Does the membership price change with yard size?
As listed, the monthly rates are flat, which is why the plan gets better value as the yard gets bigger. Over 5,000 square feet everything is quoted, memberships included.
3Can I start with a one-time clean and switch?
Yes. The first Premium Restoration shows you what the yard looks like done properly; if you want that every quarter, we move you onto ELITE from the next visit.
4What does Pet Turf ELITE add over ELITE?
The price is set at $169 a month; the extra pet-yard steps are still being finalized, so we would rather not describe them until they are. Brian will tell you what it includes when he calls.
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