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  Kieran Ray October 26, 2009 at 5:04pm

  cost your materials, labour and add proffit. How long do you think it will take? Then give them a fixed price quote.
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  Keith Barker October 26, 2009 at 7:29pm

  I don't think there will be much bark left!
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 26, 2009 at 8:13pm

  I think a day's work, but not 100% sure on that. Was really hoping for another figure to be thrown into the mix! I've not seen the garden, only been given the information above by email.
  
  Cheers
  Dan
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  Gary RK October 26, 2009 at 8:33pm

  Hi,
  I think you need to know more via a site visit
  Do you need to allow for more bark - you have less than 10% spare if you are laying it over 36m2
  Is it supplied loose, jumbo bagged, or small bags?
  How are you going to spread it, by hand, using wheel barrow etc
  How dense are the weeds ?
  State of soil - if dry and hard makes its harder, if damp makes it easlier?
  Lawns - can you do them in one cut ?
  Weedkiller - what are you planning to use & how much ?
  Do you have PA1/Pa6 license to apply pesticide on a commercial basis
  Do you need to dispose of green waste etc ?
  I find breaking the job down to managable chunks helps
  Then assign labour estimate materials and allow for mark up/profit.
  
  Whatever you do - recdord it on paper and keep it. If you get the job update it with actual figuires. You 'll thehn get to now whether you are under/over estimating.
  
  Hope that helps... ?
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 26, 2009 at 10:20pm

  Estimate sent :) Cheers for the input. I advised a 3 inch layer of bark would be needed and any spare will be returned to the client but he wasn't adamant that there HAD to be spare. Also included a clear list of assumptions (ie that waste can be deposited in the green bin, that the borders are slightly lower than the lawn and don't need any soil removed to add the bark etc etc).
  
  
  
  Gary Keeble said:

  Hi,
  I think you need to know more via a site visit
  Do you need to allow for more bark - you have less than 10% spare if you are laying it over 36m2
  Is it supplied loose, jumbo bagged, or small bags?
  How are you going to spread it, by hand, using wheel barrow etc
  How dense are the weeds ?
  State of soil - if dry and hard makes its harder, if damp makes it easlier?
  Lawns - can you do them in one cut ?
  Weedkiller - what are you planning to use & how much ?
  Do you have PA1/Pa6 license to apply pesticide on a commercial basis
  Do you need to dispose of green waste etc ?
  I find breaking the job down to managable chunks helps
  Then assign labour estimate materials and allow for mark up/profit.
  
  Whatever you do - recdord it on paper and keep it. If you get the job update it with actual figuires. You 'll thehn get to now whether you are under/over estimating.
  
  Hope that helps... ?
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 27, 2009 at 10:41am

  £30 cost a cube = £90 plus pick -up £20 min plus 10% min = £120 before youve started and tme to order that and do the quote. fuel , insurance/business costs its £150
  
  plus 1 days work £125 = £275
  
  2x lawn cut £50? £325..............................time to apply mulch/show sample .......
  
  looks like its called ' would you landscape my whole back garden please; would you just..... will you ju
  
  st?.... £500 Without looking maybe
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 27, 2009 at 10:50am

  Cheers Rob. I've came in a bit lower, and the premises is a good drive away, so hopefully the client feels I have given him good value. He has come back to accept the offer anyway!
  
  Dan
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 27, 2009 at 11:08am

  Have you done a site visit ?
  
  i would never 'firm quote' without : acesses , parking dog-poo, dogs etc etc
  
  only £20 an hour or £100+ a day....................
  
  A & J Owen Gardening said:

  Hi Dan
  
  Glad he's accepted the quote - sounds like you've got it spot on! Are you using a tree surgeon to supply the bark although you have to be careful to specify the quality you can deliver for under £30. We've got 2 tons for a client for next week and have specified no conifer!
  
  Dan Frazer Gardening said:

  Cheers Rob. I've came in a bit lower, and the premises is a good drive away, so hopefully the client feels I have given him good value. He has come back to accept the offer anyway!
  
  Dan
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 27, 2009 at 11:50am

  Best I could do Rob was use google streetview to check out the driveway and access and it looks straightforward, and used aerial maps to check the back garden from a distance. It's too far away to make a visit financially feasible, and the client is a regular (at their other property) so I'm keen to do the job.
  
  The property is empty and I'll have the key so no dogs either!
  
  Thanks anyway folks, enjoy the rain!
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 27, 2009 at 8:55pm

  your getting expensive stuart? is this for Hard-landscaping?
  
  Stuart Marler said:

  Never price on not seeing the area first.
  
  Approx. 20m2 in a customer's eyes might be 30m actual!
  
  Go see it and then price on £150-200 labour per day plus materials, plus profit.