Sorrento couple start Binsitters business to take out bins for holiday home owners
A COUPLE in Melbourne’s southeast have started a binsitters service — charging $199 to take out and bring in people’s bins for six months.
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FAYE Grigoropoulos noticed the bins on her strolls around Sorrento.
On nature strips. On the sides of roads. In driveways and on footpaths.
And a simple business idea popped into her head: she could take out, and bring in, the bins.
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Ms Grigoropoulos and her partner Bernie Carroll had spent time in Sorrento since 2012, renovating their shack and preparing for retirement.
“But I like the idea of — instead of just retiring here — having a little business as well,” she said.
“One thing that stood out to me was the number of bins in the street ... sometimes even week to week.
“Apart from the streets looking messy, they can be hazards on driveways and footpaths.”
So Binsitters was born, just in time for the summer season, when people return to their holiday homes for the weekends, put their bins out, but are gone before they are emptied.
The couple have been spreading the word about their venture over the past few weeks and already have some eager clients.
“We live in such a service industry world — and putting bins in and out is no different,” Ms Grigoropoulos said.
The couple will put out bins for households in Portsea, Sorrento, Blairgowrie and parts of Rye, on Sunday nights and bring them back in on Mondays for a flat six-month fee of $199.
See binsitters.com.au for details.