No deposite or prepay for mowing. At least half down for landscape services. No credit cards. Check or even better cash. Cha ching!
Scheduled lawn service, pay one month in advance - credit cards OK Landscape installs, deposit required payment due upon completion.
Depends upon what service you are referring to. For lawn mowing - no advanced payments. Pay at the end of each month. Do not accept credit cards. For fertilization packages we like prepay and give a discount if paid early before March 1st. For anything that requires materials, we like to get a deposit before we purchase what we need. (Not talking about a yard or two of mulch, I'm talking about larger jobs.)
Lawn programs - prepay or pay as you go Mowing - billed monthly Irrigation - turn on/ blow down = pay once at the end of the year landscaping - 50% down/10%when 50%completed/remainder due upon completion Plowing - billed monthly Add on services - billed at time of service Credit cards welcome (preferred for plowing since many clients don't occupy the house in the winter) Cash welcome (what cash?) Checks welcome
Maintenance i just bill at the first of the month, for that month. Landscape installs i require a deposit for work thats more than $2,000. So far, knock on wood, ive never been stiffed with this method.
We bill after the month's services, take credit cards, and rarely need a pre payment / deposit for anything other than installs. Installs we get 30% down at contract signing,30% the first day our trucks pull into the site, and the remaining 40% net 14-30 days on completion without a pre arranged payment plan.
