Pricing on laying sod?

[Schooldaddy]

How much do you charge to lay sod for a newly built house? Do you measure the square footage and multiply by a certain $ amount?

[KerryB]

Some price it by sq, ft others by the sq. yd.

[Gene $immons]

It all depends in your costs I guess. Around here I will charge anywhere from 125.00 to 175.00 per 500 sq. ft. Sod and labor.

[Equipguy]

We charge $125 per pallet to lay sod. Any site prep work is extra.

[Schooldaddy]

Are you guys basing the $125 price off of a pallet of Centipede that costs roughly $50 per pallet?

[workaholic]

sq.yard or sq. f.t plus prep. and labor

[ElephantNest]

My sod company will lay it for $15.00 per pallet if I buy it from them. $60/pallet for centipede, $105.00/pallet for St. Aug.

I can't afford NOT to let them install all of my sod at that price.

[summergrove]

I alaways try to price with an hourly rate. You seem to lose too often if you don't. I like to price hard labor jobs like this higher too so you can take your empoyees to lunch or something. I started laying sod when I was 16 and worked from the bootom up to were I gained enough knowledge to start my own lco. I understand what those guys feel like busting their backs for 9or 10$ per hour. When you treat your empoyees good they usually work harder for someone they like.

[Avery]

We charge $4.50/sq.yd.

[brentsawyer]

access right up to the site, labor including pickup was $1.25 per yard, next year will be at least $1.50 maybe more, minimum. Prep is usually $1.25