Guidance on a Mulch Estimate...Please

[MGO]

I am providing a quote to a developer for mulching the entrance to a very nice neighborhood. Neighborhood is there....i.e built last year.

ENtrance to neighborhood has quite a bit of mulching that needs to be done......flower beds and around a bunch of trees.

I plan on putting a top-coat of 2" and figure it to require 23 cubic yards. The mulch can be delivered and dumped right next to the beds so there will not be a whole lot of distance to transpoort it. GOing to use 8 cu ft wheel barrels to place the mulch.

The price I worked up for labor is $1,150 which includes any minor weeding I might need to do (beds are in really good shape). The mulch will cost $490 delivered....and I'll add 25% on that....so my final price will be $1,640.

Any opinions on that price would be appreciated....to high....to low.....just about right...,,,and WHY? i.e. How many hours should it take??

THanks everyone.

[Ground Works]

Mulch

I would have charged somewhere between 1725 to 2300$ for it I charge between 75 to 100 per yard installed....

[MGO]

Groundwerks...thanks for the feedback.

Would that include cleaning up the edging aand weeding as well?

[Ground Works]

Mulch

We just did a job for 6 yards and charged 600$ almost done with that and have a bidd into a bank for 15 yards at 1500$ but if that is too much i would try and get 75$ at least

[Stay-green]

I have a 27 yds to lay and I'm running them at $2500 with minor weeding bed edging will cost them add. of $230 for a total of $2730 Plus materials. this is pretty fair around here.

[cjm2783]

agree, find out the amout of mulch you need and set a price per yard on that. you can make really fast money with mulch.
if the area is as nice as you say it is, i would go about 50per yd, no less than that... not at all.

jm

[PTLlandscapingIL]

dependign on the people and what not id charge anywhere from 1200 to $2300 the other day i cut thisa lady a deal cause she got me 2 other jobs BIG jobs down her Block and she wants more work done this week

[MGO]

SOunds like if anything I may be a bit low.....that's cool though. Hopefully I will get the job.....hate to leave money on the table, but, it is the biggest mulch job I have biud on and it could lead to a lot of other work for the builder. ALl the homes have Homeowner association that picks a single lawn care company to do all cutting, landscaping, snow removal, etc....so hopefully I can get my foot in the door on this one!

THanks for the feedback everyone....I feel better because of it!

[D_saum]

Does anyone have an estimate on what they charge for laying down pine needles? I have a woman who wants me to do it, and I have no idea what to charge her "Per Bail". Any info would be great! Thanks!

Dave

[MortNuke]

Pine Needles Around Charlotte

Low end of scale: $7.50 delivered and installed
High end of scale: $9.00 delivered and installed

The clean, long pine needles look the best ($4-5 per bale)...get someone to show you to "roll and tuck" the bed edges using a blower for professional results.

Mort

[D_saum]

Sweet, thanks mortnuke. I appreciate the help!

Dave