apartments?

[bubba]

priced a 48 unit complex today, wondering<br>if 3500.00 per cut based on 33 cuts sounds fair.<br>my first time pricing such a big job.<br>any suggestions would be helpful.

[cjcland]

how many acres is it?<p>----------<br>CJC Landscape Management<br>Winter Haven, Florida

[cutntrim]

Must be nice to bid on a property that size. That's the highest per cut amount I've ever heard of in my life. I assume it's the equivalent of cutting a small city.<p>----------<br>Dave in S.Ontario<br>

[bubba]

cjclawn<br>it is about 28 acers?

[cjcland]

that seems really high for 28 acres but you have seen it i havent 1000-1500 seems more like it per cut<p>----------<br>CJC Landscape Management<br>Winter Haven, Florida

[Lanelle]

A few things:<br>Does your price include power edging on a regular basis?<br>Will you have a lot of leaf clean-up or other debris clean-up to do as part of the mowing?<br>These elements as well as how much actual turf you are mowing, taking into consideration the obstacles and trimming that add time to a job should be factored together to derive a final price? Also, some management companies want a service report for each time that you're on the job. This verifies which services were performed on a given day. Add a little time for report production if they want it. The company that I work for has over 80 contracts for common area mowing. The size of these contracts varies according to how large the property is, not how many people live there. Contracts for over $100K do exist. Just make sure that you know how many manhours you are committing your company to perform and plan for equipment and labor accordingly. You might want to read the thread about measuring properties to make sure that you have an accurate number.

[HOMER]

We have a hospital in our area that is about 30 acres and it only pays $1000.00 per cut. Thats edging, trimming and all. Where is this complex at, I might think about moving to your area if things are going that good.<p>Homer

[gorrell]

Bubba, I think you must have meant $350.00/cut. I've been in the apartment arena before, and I doubt if any manager is going to go for $3500.00/cut. Anyway, for 48 acres, if that was correct, it's probably a little on the low side. I'd probably charge around $800.00 if the property was actually 48 acres. Thanks, lynn

[lawrence stone]

Mowing, trimming, edging, 48 acres of turf and charging $800 for the entire job leaves you with a gross sales of $16.66 per hour<br>which will just about cover your actual<br>labor costs in the Northeast US market.<br>

[bdemir]

Gorell, <br>You are charging so low how would you make anything.

[gorrell]

Boys, I goofed! I misread the script and thought it was 48 acres instead of 48 units. I've mowed a 48 unit complex in the past and got $200 for total job. It took us(2) around 1.5 hours to mow and trim. I guess it must have been too high because I got outbid by some guy with a Sears rider and a 69 Chevy pickup truck. Such is life. Lynn

[ashlandscaping]

As far is this one goes it hard to say what range without see it their is a lot to play with here. Is it all open or a lot of trees and beds. As far as haveing cutting at the range of $ 3500 per cutting that is not that far off. For that job yea but I know of properties that are ranning $ 500000 just for 8 months of the lawn season. As far as this one goes I can see the range of $ 1200 to $ 2000 depending on what all is needed and what type of apartments they are. High Class upper bracket or low section 8. The high class wants the properety perfect each week section 8 you will send half the day picking up trash. You have seen it we have not. good luck

[bubba]

thanks to all who had suggestions<br>but property is 48 single villa<br>apartments. with plenty of trees and beds<br>they are in a upscale area and they want<br>every detail attended to

[Lazer]

Sounds like a Condo w/ over 25,000 sq. ft. per home.<p>$3500 sounds rich, but not of your bagging it.<p>If it were here (which changes a lot, I know) I'd bid that between $2000-2500/week, depending on the lay of the site.<p>Bear in mind, you sign 1 contract and aquire 48 people to satisfy.<p>