I have a few that I do bi-weekly. They are all tiny, non irrigated, non fertilized lawns that I do for $20 per cut, that I am in and out in 15 to 20 mins. If I had a fert. and irrigated that wanted bi-weekly, there might be a little more charge, plus I would cut it higher to be taking off as little of the grass as possible (ideally, 1/3 of the height).

 

When I started, I accepted bi weekly. Some lawns aren't bad (mostly clover).
But if the turf is healthy, bi weekly can be labor/ machine killer. If you need the work, take it. As for pricing, I shy from saying.... Price is so dependant upon location, market, customer demands, and frankly, your needs. I always added a small premium for bi weekly.

 

We do a few a church for one grass is not that bad i get paid good,weekly mowings are alot on a schedule sometimes bi weekly are easy.

 

I usually charge $5-10 more per cut (depending on the size).

 

We only have one left. At first they seemed ok to fill in gaps but after awhile they started complaining about the price and we got sick of doing twice the work and getting asked "can you cut it lower it, its too high by the time you guys come back". And did I say we got sick of doing twice the work for only a few bucks more per cut.

 

We used to have a couple of bi-weekly. That ended real quick. The lawns were a jungle when I came to mow and it was always a nightmare. IMO, those who want bi-weekly are those people who are too cheap to hire the weekly service. I want clients who have no problem handing over money for the services I do for them. I will not accept any bi-weekly - ever again. It was always (100%) a nightmare. And all the neighbors who saw me working were sure to be wondering "why does this clown only come every two weeks? And his lawn looks awfull between cuts. I'm never going to call that guy." Not knowing that I was just fulfilling the client's request. So all the extra hard work @ low profit was most likely loosing potential customers, neighbors that saw me. Hope this helps.

 

No way no how for bi-weekly cuts. When I first started I did a couple, and I learned real quick to get away from that type of schedule. Too hard on equipment, and every other week it leaves a hole in the route. For me it's weekly service or no service.

 

Thanks guys for passing them up we pick them up and with the big engine mowers it don't take us any additional time.

 

I had a neighbor of a customer ask for a mow. It was very tall and I hit him with a $65 initial mow and $40 per week thereafter. He said it would only need it every other week because it "grows really slow". I told him that I would only accept weekly accounts, no exceptions. He reluctantly agreed. I went back this week and this "slow growing" lawn had shot up 3" in one week. This was in a week where temps never got above 50 deg.

I did tell him I would consider bi-weekly in the summer but I would let him know when we might be able to start doing that.

 

I won't do bi weekly its to hard on mowers and to much work for not much more. Grass just grows to fast the first part of the season and when it slows down during mid summer we only cut when it needs it anyway. When someone asks me to cut bi weekly I have to wander if they can afford my services. I don't want to be pulling up to a lawn that is over grown when all the other lawns look nice since they have been mowed every week. Thats just not the kind of image I want for my business.

 

Centipede doesn't grow very fast, even in the spring, so I'm offering a bi-weekly mow at 5 to 10 dollars more depending on lawn size. It doesn't really matter to me since I go over most of them twice anyway.

 

Man i have so many cutters here they are like ants,so every thing helps to pay the bills charge enough to make a profit.

 

I cut when it needs cutting, even a weekly customer in the heat of summer might get skipped, And a bi-weekly might get a phone call "your lawn will cost twice the amount next week, why don't I just cut it this week?''

 

I have two change to bi weekly when growing is slow. Weekly $50 a cut biweekly $85 a cut.

 

Bi weekly accounts bite and so do the cutomers that want bi-weekly. They are poor or don't care and thus you get no extras. Useless. I'd rather have cutomers that want full service. Full service or nuthin'.

 

I charge 5$ more for bi-weekly.

I had in my contracts bi-weekly and 1 customer refused to sign it b/c she said bi-weekly means twice a week and her lawn doesn't grow that fast. That got me thinking, does bi-weekly mean twice a week or every other week?

 

Only on lawns where it makes sense (sparse weed patches, shady lots, some types of slow growing zoysia) and then it's standard price plus 20-30% per visit. Some of the best paying lawns I do for the time involved. Probably more likely to just want it mowed, and not much else, which is fine with me and terrible to others who want to upsell extras. Don't make a mistake and go bi-weekly on a lawn that really needs it weekly. You'll run into problems getting it to mow right, they'll have complaints, nobody wins.

 

Personally I have some that I do every 2 weeks and one that I do about every 3-4 weeks because the yard is covered with trees and the grass really doesn't grow. But I make it up because the fall and spring cleanups are very big. Slow growing yards with no fert are ok but if I show up and it's a jungle, I tell them weekly or find someone else.

 

I charge 5$ more for bi-weekly.

I had in my contracts bi-weekly and 1 customer refused to sign it b/c she said bi-weekly means twice a week and her lawn doesn't grow that fast. That got me thinking, does bi-weekly mean twice a week or every other week?

Good question, it might acutally be bi-monthly as in twice a month (assumng 4 weeks).
I know a biennial flowers every 2 years though, not twice a year so maybe it it bi-weekly!

OK, I just looked it up and it is biweekly (no hyphen even) it means: coming or occuring every two <bimonthly> <biweekly>.

 

im still accumulating accounts so i accept biweekly, but only if i can mow at the usual speed and not have to go over it again. most of my biweekly lawns are unhealthy and not that thick so it works and in those cases its not any harder for me so i dont charge more.

 

Most of my accounts are bi-weekly. I could not make it without them. But today, I had a first. I had sent direct mailings, and had several responses, but only one locked in. Today, a lady calls for an estimate. I asked her what was she looking for, and she said only grass mowing and edging every THREE weeks. Floored me. I started not to even go for an estimate, but finally did. I add 15% or minimum of $4.00 for bi-weekly. ON this one, added another 15%. I am not sure if I need to be hoping for this one. Left a note on the estimate that the yard will NEVER look right. Dunno. We'll see. Later Cracker.

 

First year I started I grabbed anything I could get - Had 20 bi-weeklys. Have only 12 now but they are close to home. Some only blocks away. And all but two pay cash ! I dont have a set day to do them so they're easy to fit in. If I add anymore from now on the price will make it worth doing.

 

In my area there is no way around bi weekly props. Half of my accounts are bi-weekly and that is fine by me. 1/4 acre lot I charge $108 monthly and thats only if they sign up for a year and I have plenty of them.

 

Most of our customers are weekly,but i will never pass up a bi-weekly account. What if you pick up 3-4 or maybe more customers on that same block or street and they want weekly service?? Use your head ! :waving:

 

I try to stay away from them too, but they always come around. I charge 5-10 bucks more per mow also. It might only take me 5 minutes longer anyway. I try not to pass up to much unless the property is a total mess. I almost passed up a bi-weekly last spring and the account became one of my most profitable ones. From spring clean-up, removing a few hedges, replace all bushes in front, trimming a few trees, dethatching, overseeding, and a fall clean-up. It actually turned out very well. You never know. Plus its one more refferal. It only takes them to tell one person, then if you get that customer, they will tell another person and so on. Just price it so its worth your time.