lawn mowing prices per 100m2

[evergreen]

Im looking at pricing some work up for a local housing agency. So far as i can tell Spon's list the price for mowing not collecting with a pedestrian mower at £1/100m2. Somehow im not sure if I could do it for that. Its a call out contract so I might only get one or two gardens now and again. A 10m x 30m garden would be cut for £3 am I missing something?

 

Cheers for any comments good or bad, I dont mind if anyone calls me a numpty if Ive done the sums wrong or anything like that!

[Ty Korrigan]

Gosh!

Some-times I drive several kms between clients so if I did a 1000m2 lawn I'd earn a tenner then...?

Thats nuts!

I found Spons as tough as Arabic to understand so I just calculated my costs including wages then added my profit margin of 20%.

Ty

[s.varty]

Are you sure you have your figures right? £1 to mow 100 square metres using a pedestrian mower, this just cant be right, i,m pretty sure you couidnt make it pay even if you had a load of playing fields to mow, let alone the odd garden here and there using a ride on,the fuel alone would be more than your earning.

[mendiplogs]

Im looking at pricing some work up for a local housing agency. So far as i can tell Spon's list the price for mowing not collecting with a pedestrian mower at £1/100m2. Somehow im not sure if I could do it for that. Its a call out contract so I might only get one or two gardens now and again. A 10m x 30m garden would be cut for £3 am I missing something?

 

Cheers for any comments good or bad, I dont mind if anyone calls me a numpty if Ive done the sums wrong or anything like that!

HI GREEN you will have to be like usain bolt 100mt run in 9.58 sec job a gooden :laugh1:how can you make that pay for a £1 100m2. jon

[Rich2484]

Are you sure it's not 10m2 per £1???? Or something like that. Put a £1 worth of fuel in and see if you can do 100m2!

[Pedroski]

We work mowing and strimming prices out at £1/minute based on 2 people. We're very fast though, so while £1/minute might sound a lot, in reality it's bugger all. With 2 people, and money going through the business properly to fund everything, there is no point in doing anything for less than £30/hour per person.

[Hodge]

We work mowing and strimming prices out at £1/minute based on 2 people. We're very fast though, so while £1/minute might sound a lot, in reality it's bugger all. With 2 people, and money going through the business properly to fund everything, there is no point in doing anything for less than £30/hour per person.

 

I'm glad someone has sense!! Nice one pedro, I'm sick of hearing people cutting grass for £8 an hour, it's a joke. I only look after 3 lawns now and I charge £35 per cut and edge, they take 45 mins each. The customers are happy enough.

[Pete Hart]

jon, you never fail to make me laugh - what a legend!

[s.varty]

jon, you never fail to make me laugh - what a legend!

 

At those rates i think jon was being serious:thumbup:

[mendiplogs]

jon, you never fail to make me laugh - what a legend!

 

HI TREES you have to have a:lol::lol:mate or you cry:bawling:with that rate jon