This is BY FAR the most asked for service in my local area on social media. Like seriously I see maybe 10-20 posts of people asking for lawn care a week on Nextdoor.
80% of thise posts mention that their old lawn guy stopped being reliable or that the guy they hired never showes up.
I know lawn care is saturated because any joe with a mower can do it, but it seems to me answering inquiries in a timely manner and showing up when scheduled to do a quality job would be all it takes to put me about 90% of these guys.
I’ve read from landscapers that mowing alone won’t get you far. Is this true? Will you be unable to become wealthy simply having large lawn mowing business? Is it necessary to expand into further services?
I’ve got a truck, weed wacker, rake, and blower. I’d just need to grab a push mower and some insurance to start mowing some lawns.
I’m thinking $40 or $45 minimum per job and $70-$90 per acre. That seems to be around the going rate for my area.
Think is I’m not quite sure how long these jobs take as I haven’t ever timed myself mowing lawns. It would seem mowing businesses don’t charge by the hour so if you don’t get the job done quick enough you’ll be bleeding time and money.
Anyone got any insight?
People are cheap and expect perfection. They either cut lawns for $20 a yard in high school and can not believe you want $75. Or old people who used to go pick up every leaf within 10 minutes of it falling.
Do not offer to bag the grass because unless you have a dump truck it takes a while to drive to a place you can dump it. And even longer to shovel it out of the truck.
Figure your hourly rate. Figure drive time and cutting time to give price. And people WILL complain. Just do an awsome job in a timely manner and your name will spread
Expect to lose your weekends when it rains. And do not lower your price