The Grass Doctor

Tips on starting a lawn care bussiness?

Tips on starting a lawn care bussiness? me and by brother were thinking of starting a small lawn care bussiness for the summer, in our service we would do the lawn cut weed-wipping and finish by using a leaf blower for the clean up of the driveways and walkways, how much would you pay for the service that we would have? (the lawn area in most of the houses are 3,000 square feet) what the lowest amount you would pay and the highest? we would advertise by giving the houses in out area a flier a paper advertising our service. what are some information should we include in the paper? will our regular push mowers last very long if they are used daily? how many costumers should we expect for each day? we live in around Cleveland Ohio and the average salary that these homeowners have each year is anywhere from about from $50,000 to 100,000

Public Comments

1. You could charge by hour and/or by service. Start off doing one property and see how long it takes you, and use that to tell you how many per day you should expect. Be sure to leave more time than you need in case a job takes longer than you expect. If the average yard only takes you 1-2 hours, then charge $10-25 hourly (depending on the neighborhood). If it takes you a little longer, then reduce the price to $5-15 hourly. Your push mower should be fine, they are durable. Good luck :)