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TeamLegacy2020
Contributor 2
2 months ago

Mowing Pricing help

In the past we have based our mowing prices off the average time spent on the lawn over the previous season. In the spring we don't make much profit. We make up for it in the summer and fall. That has worked fine until last years drought. We had lawns that were not serviced for 6-7 weeks. We are in Ohio so we have about 30 weeks of mowing. 

We have to catch clippings in the spring which we do not charge extra for. We thought about adding a charge of 25% regular mowing price to make it profitable. 

Thoughts, suggestions, tips? 

lawn care
pricing strategies
  • Mohegan's avatar
    Mohegan
    Contributor 2
    2 months ago

    We have used a pricing model of .01 per sqft and measure the property of the tax map for a pre estimate and a measuring wheel during the site assessment. Add money for a hill, fence, extra trees to edge around. Also, if lawn is overgrown, $15 extra charge. (not much, but enough to maintain the profitability for time spent). This pricing strategy has been profitable for a couple years now. Also adding fertilizing .09 per sqft, aeration .03 per sqft and dethatching .08 per sqft upsells to those customers is a huge profit boost. (located in VA.)