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How much should i charge to do lawn care?

I live in a small town in PA. I am interested in starting a lawn care business for the summer. I would like to cut the grass, weed-whack, trim hedges. Basically anything the customer wants. What is a fair price to charge a person? Should i ask the person what they think is a good price? Should i make a set hourly wage? Help!

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  1. 500 Gold Coins.
  2. I would charge $10 a lawn for a town lawn but if its bigger you should go up to $20.
  3. If you supply all the equipment then I would say $10 per hour would be fair. Keep in mind though if you take too long they may not call you back.
  4. Have a price in your head of what you think you should make per hour and also how many hours that perticular lawn would take, and then give them an estimate, and if they dont like it you can bargin http://funpictures.yolasite.com/
  5. I think $25 to $35 per hour of work sounds reasonable. That includes doing as much cutting, weeding and trimming that can be done in that hour. Trimming trees and big jobs should be done as an estimate and not per hour though.
  6. call around and right down they're prices. Also right down the numbers of advertisement on other peoples cars. If they say they give free estimates then tell them to check out your yard and also if you walk or ride around in your neighborhood and see someone cutting tell them you have a yard close to the same size and want to know how much they charge. Then charge as close to half the price as you can.
  7. you should make your own reference when you get there on how bad the job is like how big is the lawn, how bad it needs worked on, and stuff like that. don't do wages it complicates things, and can make everyone feel cheated on.
  8. Go based on the size of the yard. consider the amount of gas you will use. Also consider if they will want you to haul everything away or not. Edging should ad to the price. Again consider all gas, travel machinery etc. Trimming bushes etc costs more. Everything that takes your time costs. Don't do hourly wage cause some yards want different things. Get on-line and research price quotes. Maybe even call a landscape company and act interested in their services to get price quotes
  9. I have my own company and the rate I charge for a regular lot is 25 for the front, 10 additional for the back. As for corner lots or cul de sacs, I charge 30 for the front and 10 additional for the back. I mow, trim, edge, and collect the grass in Cherry Hill, NJ. People prefer the pushing lawn mowers and not the big rigs. And if people see how you edge your customers' lawns, then they may ask to just get an edgeing and trimming done. I charge 15 for regulars lots, and 20 for corner lots. You do both the front and back for this price. The lots here are .25 acre lots average. If you are increasing your lots by .25 acres then add an additional $5 to just the front. Never add any price increase to the back (always $10 additional) Hope this helps. But you are kind of late in the business. People start giving out flyers in early March but you will still get some customers. Oh yeah, I also have a buy 4 cuts get 1 free special.
  10. Basic lawn care is unskilled labor, which would be worth about $10 to $12 an hour. If you think it would take less that an hour or up to an hour, I would say to ask for $10. If it would take more (like an hour and a half or so), ask for $20. Two hours, $25, etc.
  11. i think 10.00 dollars and hr or if its a friend 30.00 dollars long as it not over 4 or 5 hr.
  12. You need to talk to someone who does that kind of service. Charge by the job for usual work that goes into lawn care - mowing the lawn, trimming the edges, and weed-eating. Specify that to a potential client. Any extra jobs are extra. My lawn guy charges 30, but I have a small yard. I pay him extra for any other service, like weeding, trimming the shrubs. Charge for whatever time it takes. If you spend the same amount of time on the shrubs and weeding as you do mowing the grass, then charge accordingly. But you need to know what the going rate is in your area. Check the want ads, sometimes prices will be listed with the ads.
  13. I think you should charge doing lawn care depending on the size of the lawn. I found this in Youtube. Hope it will help you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGKWd-PsNug http://www.lawnprosoftware.com/
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