Guys I just got a call from a lady who would like for me to perform a leaf removal now. She states that back in the fall her guy just never showed and consequently it never got done. I have not yet seen the property but she claims that she has ~1 acre. My question is to perform leaf removals now do you just look at what a"normal" leaf removal would have cost back in the fall and place a multiplier on it say 2, 2.5 or 3 just due to the messy conditions to perform this now? Thanks in advance.
i would mark it up 30%-40% for wet and compacted leaves, but i guess it depends on how badly you need some winter $
I would do it for the normal price, maybe a little more and she will be a happy new customer of yours if you think it is going to be a profitable working atmosphere.
I would also do it for the normal price. Maybe you can catch a couple of warm days and do it after it has dried up a little bit.
This is somewhat weird but I have a similar situation with previous company not showing up or doing a good job when they did. I am dealing with 2 acres (flat easy to maneuver) and the property has roughly 45 mature Oak trees (lot of leaves). I asked the customer Im curious, what exactly were you paying them? The response was $525. With out missing a beat I said quite honestly Mrs. Shelby, I think that probably was the root of the problem with them because I could not do the job you EXPECT and NEED for a penny less than $800 and of course I will remove and dispose of all the bags from your property. S-W-I-N-G she said, lets do it. Then she said when, I said well, , , , , schedule is really tight right now, , , , , if I could get you to pay me half now, I could re-arrange my schedule and be here day after tomorrow .she went and got her checkbook. Sometimes its what you say, sometimes not what you say but more times than none when you say what you need to say! -=KC=-
I usually don't charge by the hour, I don't telling customers that I am charging $60/man hour. 95% of the time I am right on guessing about the time, and lots of times I allow more time then it actually takes us.
Thats the exact reason i would like to move towards giving quotes then delivering for that price rather then charging buy the hr. I would rather tell a customer i will keep the beds weeded for 300 bucks per season then say i will pull weeds for 50 bucks per hr which is what u have to pay me to do it.
