I need some help coming up with a price for mowing a one acre yard, with edging, weed eating. By an hourly calculation for two people and also by square footage. We tried the dollar a minute price and only came up with 45.oo that seems very low to me.
how much to charge for mowing and edging weed eating a 1 acre yard
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I need some help coming up with a price for mowing a one acre yard, with edging, weed eating. By an hourly calculation for two people and also by square footage. We tried the dollar a minute price and only came up with 45.oo that seems very low to me.
I go by 10,000 sqft blocks. I charge $25 + 30 percent profit and sales tax. for our purposes, I will exclude sales tax.
10,000 sqft goes in to an acre about 4.35 times = $108.75 you then add your profit. 30 percent in my case. so... 108.75*.30 = $32.62. add that to your original price and and you get $141.37 plus whatever sales tax is in your area.
this is how I would charge in my area. the "going rate" in your area may be different.
10,000 sqft goes in to an acre about 4.35 times = $108.75 you then add your profit. 30 percent in my case. so... 108.75*.30 = $32.62. add that to your original price and and you get $141.37 plus whatever sales tax is in your area.
this is how I would charge in my area. the "going rate" in your area may be different.
well ....its all depend what kind equipments you have to cut this yard and how much time it will take you ,,,,normal a big yard like that i charge a dollor a min and depend how much weedeater you have to do ,,,one hours weedeateing i normal charge $35 an hour or some poeple would charge $25 an hour if it more then three hours ,,,,.if you charge your first timer 130 buck and after you got it all clean ,,,tell them you will charge them $80 the next time so you can keep that customer ,,,,,
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TCLawn -
I like your formula.....but lets say you have a 10 acre lot instead of 1 acre. Using your formula it looks like you would be around $1,413.75 per mow. Is that correct or do you adjust your formula down once properties get above a certain point.
Currently I take sq footage time a base rate of .003. Using that 1 acre (43,560 ft) would run $130.68. That said I am bidding on some lots that are about 5 acres and I just think $653.40 per week to mow it sounds high.....although I'd love to get it!
I like your formula.....but lets say you have a 10 acre lot instead of 1 acre. Using your formula it looks like you would be around $1,413.75 per mow. Is that correct or do you adjust your formula down once properties get above a certain point.
Currently I take sq footage time a base rate of .003. Using that 1 acre (43,560 ft) would run $130.68. That said I am bidding on some lots that are about 5 acres and I just think $653.40 per week to mow it sounds high.....although I'd love to get it!
That what he wanted a bid for an 1 acre ..i normal charge a min when i do 1 or 2 acres ..when i have more then 3 an over ..i normal charge by the hour and depend how much weedeater there to do ,,,i cut at a nursing home They have almost 7 acres and little weedeater in the front..i charge them $325 everytime i go ..i think that a fair price and it take me 4 hours to do the job .,.there so many ways Lawn service can charge and some time we charge too much and not enough....i always figures how long it should take me to do the job ,,hope it anwser your queston ,,,
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One time visit = $125.00
Signs a contract = $80.00 / visit , which works out to about $265.00 / month
Signs a contract = $80.00 / visit , which works out to about $265.00 / month
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Most of my cuts are an acre or so. I would agree with Gautreaux, 125/80 seems reasonable to me. I do use a 6' ZTR on that type of job. This is assuming a flat lot with minimal obstacles.
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Sorry Playboy,
CT is a depressed state. There is alot of growth here. Tons of money flowing in. People pay for day care for thier pets- so they wont be lonely when they are gone at work.
CT is a depressed state. There is alot of growth here. Tons of money flowing in. People pay for day care for thier pets- so they wont be lonely when they are gone at work.
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WoW doggie day care?
The cut throats are always out here in full force. I was dropped once cause a customer thought i was too high. Gave me the ole i was just offer this, can you match it? I said nope and it was nice doing business with you. I was charging $90 for a 2 acre lot. Mind you this was two years ago when I didn't know how to price. I was glad he dumped me and vowed to never (knowingly) under bid a job that low.
The cut throats are always out here in full force. I was dropped once cause a customer thought i was too high. Gave me the ole i was just offer this, can you match it? I said nope and it was nice doing business with you. I was charging $90 for a 2 acre lot. Mind you this was two years ago when I didn't know how to price. I was glad he dumped me and vowed to never (knowingly) under bid a job that low.
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Playboy,Playboy said:
I'm with you. $60.00 per acre is considered fair. I would adjust it if there were alot of extra trimming. Then I'm sure that someone else would come along and offer to do it for $50.00.
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I hear ya. The sad part is out here home owners are fairly satisfied with the work they get for $30. I only lowered my performance once and that was so a friend of the family would drop me. Guess what? He didn't.. He was one of my first customers and i was charging him $45 for a $60 yard.
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