Starting a Landscaping Business - What to Charge?
Saturday March 27, 2004
The spring cleaning season has inspired a posting in the Landscaping Discussion Forum that begins, "I have recently started a lawn and landscaping business and I'm trying to NOT make the classic mistakes (under or over charging)." This entrepreneur is struggling with a question that anybody starting a landscaping business must eventually answer. Click the link to read his entire message, plus a response posted by one of our experts.
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Know what your dealing with and work for a landscaping company to show you tips and tricks, as far as pricing you have to know what you can get, generally labor x4
I am going to start up a landscaping business with a couple of buddies that I just returned back from Iraq with. Pricing is one of the things that we were discussing as of many other things. If you could help me out with any tipps or advice that would be great. If it matters I am in the Milwaukee area and would like to advertise in two or three near by counties. Also we have a combined total of $50k. Is this a realistic figure or should put up more? Thank for any tips and advise your willing to share.
I can’t speak to the issue of whether or not the $50K would be
sufficient in your area, but the following discussion offers some
advice on the matter of pricing: What a Landscaping Business Should
Charge. Money issues, though, are notoriously difficult to discuss
over the Web, because the figures will be quite different depending
upon where we all live, what our goals are, etc. Sorry I can’t be of
more help.