drive to the office

[gway]

just wanted to ask to some of the medium to bigger groups out there, how far do you drive to your office every morning? is your shop located out of the house down the block, or how far is too far to drive!!! And what about cost??What are you paying for your garage space or office space?? Pull barn? or wherever you call your headquarters. just thinking of moving and i ve been spoiled for 10 years having my office and garage 2 blocks awaay, but now im looking to see how far or what is the averaqqge commute
Thank you and merry christmass to all of you!!

[SodKing]

I commute 26 miles to my office. The office is central to our service area which is about a 30 mile radius around the office...

[J Hisch]

I drive 3 miles and it is also centered around about 90% of our jobs.

[PMLAWN]

I own a house that my company rents for $650 a month. About 1 acre of land and a 14 x 32 shed and a garage. Less than 5 min from the house now. But I am going to list my house in Jan so that will change, more like 30 miles but my wife will be closer to work with a much easier drive.
I also do not drive a truck home but a car that gets about 26 MPG. so it is not so bad with the gas.
I also pay a little less than market rent as homes like that get closer to $850 per month.

[hoyboy]

I drive about 4 miles. Hey Gway...what part of Chicago?

Dan

[gway]

hey dan...i live out here in naperville, il. ive owned GreenWay landscape now for about 12 years but have really never been to this site before. but im always looking for ways especially this year to pick up new buisness around the area.

[PMLAWN]

I see your from Naperville, Just to set the stage a little better. My 30 mile trip will be done in under 30 min. yet your 5 mile trip could take longer. I do not have anywhere near the traffic that you do. Early AM traffic can kill ya.
Where are you thinking about moving to? more west?

[muddstopper]

My commute is about 50ft. My shop is seperate from my house, but not by much.

[nephilim0167]

I commute 30 miles. About 35 minutes in the morning, and 1 1/2 - 2 hrs at night :-| Could be worse! Back home in CA I used to commute 40mi each way on a motorcycle. Lane splitting helped a lot.

[Precision]

My commute is about 50ft. My shop is seperate from my house, but not by much.

Yeah me too. Well mine is like 100 ft.

Within the next year I will be moving the shop to a piece of commercial property I own. Then the commute will be about 15 miles each way.

[hoyboy]

hey dan...i live out here in naperville, il. ive owned GreenWay landscape now for about 12 years but have really never been to this site before. but im always looking for ways especially this year to pick up new buisness around the area.


Yep, that's about how long I've owned Hoy. Did you buy it or start it from scratch?

Dan

[gway]

i Started greenway 12 years ago basically solo and built it up over the years where i just run the co and really dont do any of the work. we have 8-10 emp with me and the deal is ive always had my work site just down the street near the home where we store all the trucks and equipment. spoiled i am, but soon land is becomming a valued thing where we live and they are pushing all of the buisnesses out of thier spaces if you follow me? so we may need to look out there for land or storage for my company and thats why i posted the original ? But this year like every year i keep telling myself that if you wanna make the real $$ you need to stop this maintance thing and focus more or all on the landscape aspect of the company...

[hoyboy]

i Started greenway 12 years ago basically solo and built it up over the years where i just run the co and really dont do any of the work. we have 8-10 emp with me and the deal is ive always had my work site just down the street near the home where we store all the trucks and equipment. spoiled i am, but soon land is becomming a valued thing where we live and they are pushing all of the buisnesses out of thier spaces if you follow me? so we may need to look out there for land or storage for my company and thats why i posted the original ? But this year like every year i keep telling myself that if you wanna make the real $$ you need to stop this maintance thing and focus more or all on the landscape aspect of the company...

Sounds like you are doing a great job! I like maintenance for several reasons. Yes, it is recurring revenue. But more importantly, a good maintenance base will feed a LOT of installations. The reverse is true as well...most of our high profit maintenance jobs are former install customers...if they just spent $20,000 doing an install job, they want us protecting their investment. Not some rinky dink outfit.

I hear ya on land prices. Think you're bad off out there? Try in here closer to the city. It's running $20 a sq. foot for raw land...if you can find it. There's a small parcell over in Maywood that I can get for about $15 a foot, but I might have to wear bullet proof vests to work.

Dan

[PMLAWN]

Sounds like you are doing a great job! I like maintenance for several reasons. Yes, it is recurring revenue. But more importantly, a good maintenance base will feed a LOT of installations. The reverse is true as well...most of our high profit maintenance jobs are former install customers...if they just spent $20,000 doing an install job, they want us protecting their investment. Not some rinky dink outfit.

I hear ya on land prices. Think you're bad off out there? Try in here closer to the city. It's running $20 a sq. foot for raw land...if you can find it. There's a small parcell over in Maywood that I can get for about $15 a foot, but I might have to wear bullet proof vests to work.

Dan

Dan, Where are you from. I can follow you posts well about the area as I grew up there.

[rodfather]

Shop/office is 4 miles away from my home.

[NIXRAY]

I Drive 35 Mi. Our Office Space Is Free.

[gslawncare]

HOY HOY HOY
I think I read that you own the space your at. How long did it take before you got to that point?
Also, mayHOOD, How would you insure your equipment. Many crackheads, many pawnshops.

[hoyboy]

HOY HOY HOY
I think I read that you own the space your at. How long did it take before you got to that point?
Also, mayHOOD, How would you insure your equipment. Many crackheads, many pawnshops.

I don't own it. Sorry if I mis-stated that somewhere.

[The Cowboy]

I've got ya'll beat. I wake up in my office every morning. Ten feet of commute takes me 2 seconds.:cool2: :D :laugh:The shop right now is in the garage attached to the house. I have 1 flight of stairs to trip over to get there.

[cgland]

My travel time is 15 minutes right now, but we are building a new facility so my commute will be 35 minutes then.

Chris