lawn care pricing

[jcodding]

I HAVE BEEN IN THE LAWN CARE BUSINESS FOR THE PAST YEAR, SO I AM PRETTY NEW TO THIS. I HAVE A CUSTOMER WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HER ENTIRE LAWN DETHATCHED AND AERATED. I NORMALLY CHARGE 45.00 FOR AERATION. HOW DO I PRICE DETHATCHING. SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE ME TO OVERSEED THE LAWN, AGAIN HOW DO I CHARGE HER FOR THESE SERVICE'S?<p>

[slagerlawncare]

do you remove the thatch to another location?<br>if so, i charge by the hour. the time you get there to the time you rid yourself of the thatch. i do alot of dethatching and find after a while you have a sound idea of how long it will take you to do certain properties, so if they want a bid be careful at first not to under bid yourself..i did and lost a lot of money..<br>overseeding can be done right after dethatching . then i use a light roller to make good contact with soil.

[Runner]

Dethatching and aeraion. Simply $10.00 to $12.00 per 1000sq. ft. for first 20,000 sq ft.

[ant]

runner: what you are saying is for a 20,000 sf. lawn you gross $240.00 for core aeration,thatching and clean-up haul away ?<br>anthony

[AGG Lawn Maintenance]

Do you have to pay to dump? You can charge by the sq foot or by the hour. If your new to it charge by the hour. Do you have to rent the machines? You have to figure in dumping,renting,seed and labor. I would figure 2 days on the labor so you don't bust your butt.(8hr days) Take notes on the timing. Its better to figure on a little more time so you don't have to keep tring to get more money out of a customer or lose money. Its not professional. Good Luck Travis AG&G lawn Maintenance

[KirbysLawn]

I don't dethatch, just aerate more! :) I charge $12.00 per 1000 for aeration and $24.00 per 1000 for aeration/seeding/fert/soil test. (5000 sf min charge)<br><p><font size="1">Edited by: KirbysLawn

[Runner]

Anthony, I'm not sure what you are asking, exactly. Are you asking if I do it all at once and for that one same price? Then the answer is no. They are two seperate operations.

[ant]

runner: seems very low rate

[kenneybros]

Seems like a very low rate. There was a couple of posts on here last aerating season that mentioned charging 3-4 times the mowing price. I dont understand how u could aerate 1000 sq feet of lawn for $10-12 i figure it costs me almost as much to load and unload the machine. My minimum is 50.00, and thats for my next door neighbors!! I had this one guy talk me down to 35 bucks (20 mins)but i really needed the work cuz i had the machine for the day and didnt have any work except for the first job(that payed for the whole days rental in 2 hours).

[kenneybros]

Oh and to add more my I one neighbors lawn for 50 and she had it priced at 200 from some other company... so even I am extremely low. Well thats enough from me, good luck to all this nice fall aerating season!!<br>MATT<br>Kenney bros Landscaping

[Scag48]

I just started Dethatching. I don't know what to charge yet either. Is there any other way to charge instead of by sq. feet? I'm a dummy, can't measure sq. feet. Was thinking 3 times the mow. I don't have a fancy walk behind one, just one mounted on the front of my walkbehind so I might not want to charge that high.<p>----------<br>- - - - Striping the way to success - - - -<br>- - - - Striping the way to success - - - -

[Runner]

Kenney Bros., That rate is not for A thousand sq. ft. , that is PER thousand. And yes there is a minimum. That's really not that cheap, especially when you consider how many sq.ft. are in an acre. Of course acreage is pro rated though too. Example: I do the athletic fields twice a year for a local school district. I chrge $400.00 to do EACH football field. I feel ALMOST guilty about it because it takes me about an hour to do each one. ( What keeps me from feeling guilty is that it is paid for out of the athletic fund, and the boosters are too cheap to even tip the kid that has to wait and drive through all the crowd to deliver thei 30 PIZZAS on a big game night.)

[Acute Cut]

I asked my dealer this not long ago because he used to run a lawn busines himself. After much discussion (and updateing to current times) we came out with this price list.<p>25$ per man hour<br>25$ per machine hour (or just bump your man hours to 35$ to eliminate this charge)<br>and a 25$ &quot;disposal fee&quot; ( i take mine to some nearby cows, so basically it is just a haul away fee.)<br>Then charge tax and be on your way.<p>OH, and fert and seed are cost + 10 each for putting it down.