lawncutterupper
LawnSite Member
- Location
- Montgomery County
So Iv been asked to give a bid for a retirement community. Origanally I was going to deal with each home owner seperatly and gave a price accordingly, my first price was about $15 a cut. As these houses were being built and the sod was laid, I realized their was more grass than i expected. Well i recenty got a call from the owner and now i will be hired by the owner and the service will be included in the homeowners monthly fee. So i thought great now i can raise the price to about 20, well as we were talking he said he saw my quote for 15 a lawn and that it was TOO MUCH! He had called another retirement community to get prices and they pay $12 a lawn, i drove over to that commmunity to see that the lawns were half the size of the ones i will be cutting. I can do it for 12 a lawn, but my profit margin wont be one that i am happy with, although i dont want to lose this job because their will evenetually be 135 homes, plus all common ground, i have 22 lawns right now so i would be growing by over 600% in one year.Im just looking for some suggestions, thanks