Help with pricing

[eggsarascal]

I have just been asked by a chap in the village (who owns several properties)to quote him to cut the grass, there are six houses(different size lawns) there is also a small amount of grass to cut at his office site. Ive never done any grass cutting,apart from my own,so what is the going rate per hour,i know this will vary up and down the country, im just after a rough guide. Thanks. Egg

[likeitorlumpit]

£30 would be a good starting point

take off for easy access/compost on site/trusted payer/closeness to work base

[detritus21]

When I've priced for cutting grass it worked out per garden but with the thought in mind of aimig for £40 per hour.

[skyhuck]

I think you may get more replies if this was posted in the landscape forum.

[Nic Johnson Contracting]

im a gardener and charge out at £15 some manage upto £25 the thing is never charge by the hour think how long it will take work your rate out plus travel, waste, fuel, then put in a price per garden very small gardens would be £15 minimum it only may take 30 mins from unloading kit doing the job and loading up again. if you have several and can be done in the same day relatively close you can earn good money

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

1) Are you box mowing or mulch mowing? i.e. collecting or leaving the clippings?

2) What is the lawn / grass quality? Luxury and formal grass requires the right mower and the right care.

 

£ball park for box mow but clippings composted on site (not commercial rate!) rather than taken away (hassle) should be £30-40 per 550m2 i.e. tennis court area and like someone else said approx 1 hour.

[Cracker]

Ask to be paid in silver or gold as Sterling is being inflated to toilet paper status by our useless central bank.

[Nic Johnson Contracting]

also are you strimming any edges a 100m2 lawn takes 10 mins to mow but then you have to empty clippings strim edges tidy up sweep paths

 

load truck back up again generally i spray paths and driveways with roundup as well to keep weeds at bay

[eggsarascal]

Thanks guys, that gives me something to start from, i will go and look at each job over the next few days and see what price i come up with. Thanks again Egg.

[likeitorlumpit]

Now bear in mind how much you want the work

also who else is pricing

Is it cash

To cap it all, if this is your intended line of work then what you are going to be doing come end November

Good luck