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I have was doing a mulch job yesterday on a customers yard and the people next door asked how much it would be to do theirs...their bed was only about 0.75 of a yard but the monkey grass was out of control and grass was taking over where the monkey grass wasn't and had hedges that weren't too bad out grown, i requested that i just dig most of it out and cut the monkey grass back then spray it, they wanted pine neddles and i agreeds so I said for the mulch job, pine straw, remove, haul off fee, weed control and the hedge and monkey rass trim $250-300 and i would get back to them after i figured it all out. what do yall think ? plus they wanted a cut should I cut them a little bit of a deal because ill be cutting their yard this summer ?
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Unless you are sure you will be doing their lawn for the summer, be very carfull about giving them a deal based on that. Many people will dangle the carrot of a summer lawn care commitment to get a better deal on a spring cleanup, only to decide they will do it themselves after all. I had a guy do the same just last week and he had a brand new lawn mower and trimmer fresh out of the box sitting in his garage, I guess he didn't think I'd notice them. Make it a good deal for both of you and if you get the summer gig great.
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Yeah, they signed a service agreement for the summer. what you think a reasonable price is when mulch is $12-15/yrd, pine straw $10/bag (will use about 1 bag maybe more, cut hedges and monkey grass, remove all weeds/grass & spray just the bed; its about 3/4 of a yard. you think the 250 was good ? or should i go for 300 ? It should take me about 2 to 2 1/2 hrs working alone. I was thinking ill get 1 yard at $15 tack on 5 to that, $10 for pine straw w/ $5 tacked on, hauling fee $25, pull weeds/grass $25, weed cnt. $15, till it up $15, cut monkey grass $10, cut hedges $10 (only 5 smaller single bushes), clean up fee $25, haul off fee $15 = $175 plus $75 labor = $250, should i charge more of a labor fee?Comment
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