Pricing Services? (Edited by Admin)

[BGJohn]

can anyone help out with pricing to cut,blow and weedeat a lawn. and also im trying to write out a contract if anyone has any ideas or copies they could send it would be much appriciated since this is all new to me ( starting a lawn care business) Thanks again John

[Popper]

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Hi John,

I have been using a simple flat rate mow cost system, and it has gone well. I charge 25 for a residential yard of aprox. 5k sq. ft. That includes trimming around house and property fences, and clipping blow off.

For a larger yard, I would charge 30, especially on corner lots. Got it.

Your area may be different. The new system I am working to perfect this year is measuing the lawn, determining how much I can mow in a standard amount of time, and costing the lawn for how long I will spend on it.

I found that I make 50 hr, aprox. mowing with hte first system. But after support time I would average less. After I new how much I spend per hour to be in business, I came up with charging 40 an hr. to reach my goals.

Get comfortable with a system that averages well for you. Mine was the flat rate. After that you can spend time on learning your mowing efficientcy. Charge fair, not what the market will bear.