Defensible space in Upper Avenues

What 24/7 Express Handyman Service does on site

• Cuts dead grass, weeds and brush and rakes up leaf and needle litter in the first 30 feet around the house.
• Pulls bark mulch, dead plants and stored combustibles back from the foundation and swaps bark for gravel on request.
• Trims low, dead branches reachable from the ground or a short ladder and hauls all cut material away.

How it works

1. The yard is walked with the homeowner, or reviewed from photos, to mark what stays, what goes and where debris is hauled.
2. The cleanup is priced in writing.
3. Work moves from the house outward: the first 5 feet, then out to 30 feet, then any extra area agreed on.
4. Referred out: tree work near power lines or above ladder reach (arborist), pesticide or herbicide application, and irrigation backflow testing or repairs to the potable connection.

What happens next

• The written scope and price come first; photos of the cleared zones and a list of anything referred out follow the visit.
• Photograph the damage before anything is moved and keep every receipt; 24/7 Express Handyman Service provides an itemised invoice your insurer may ask for. The dispatch fee and job cost are paid by you on the day.

In Upper Avenues

Brick became the preferred building material in the Avenues after the late 1860s, when Salt Lake City had several brickyards, including one in the Upper Avenues area, though small adobe houses were built until the 1880s. (Avenues Historic District (amended), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPGallery)) Salt Lake City's Plat D was extended to include the upper bench lands in the late 1890s, and in 1907 the city council designated the east-west streets as avenues, giving the neighborhood its name. (Avenues Historic District (amended), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPGallery)) On the upper slopes of the Avenues, the below-grade garage was a common adaptation to the steep topography. (Avenues Historic District (amended), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPGallery)) Salt Lake City's Wildland Urban Interface Fire Code adds extra fire safety rules for properties near undeveloped natural areas, covering building and roofing materials, how buildings are built, allowed landscaping, and the space required between buildings and wildland. (SLC Wildland Urban Interface Fire Code | Salt Lake City Council Office) A 2004 proposal to extend the Avenues Historic District north to Eleventh Avenue was made, but the boundary increase has not been pursued. (Avenues Historic District (amended), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPGallery))

Calls come from around Salt Lake City Cemetery, City Creek Canyon, Bonneville Shoreline Trail, the Aves.