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Quoting work.. help!!

Hi all, after been made redundent from a private estate i have decided to take the lep and go on my own. I have my spraying tickets PA1, PA2 and PA6aw, i also have chainsaw crosscut and felling and NVQ level 2 in horticulture. I ran a large private g

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Understanding the cost of landscaping

What does landscaping cost?

If you are planning to have your garden landscaped in the near future you will need to do your homework on the potential costs involved.

If you are looking for an industry standard charge-out rate or a set cost per metre o

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and finally.... hourly rates ...

How much will the job cost?? as opposed to a fixed clear price
(& exact details of the job)

Surely a customer wants to know.

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Dispondent after a few more commercial estimates lost.

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I'm starting to get a litttle dispondant with regard to my commercial estimate, as each one in the past 8-10 have all come back as no goers.

All my domestic clients i seem to convert, its completly the opposite, howver these dont pay me in the wint

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Well, do you promise?

Do you make estimates or do you make promises ?

If you make estimates, why is the business not able to quote ? Lack of client clarity, experience, business tools etc?

If you make promises (..ok, quotes :-), how do you do it ? Experience, structured

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Contract price

Hi guys.

 

By way of comparison, what would your price be for this size of contract.  The large areas will be cut  initially with their own ride-on and we will cut/strim the smaller areas with our own power/pedestrian mowers and strimmers.  There are n

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Estimating and quoting for landscaping and gardening jobs

Hi all,

 

Im looking to create an estimate/qoute sheet and looking for help. I want it to look as professional as possible, but be simple to use for me. How did ou all develop yours? or is there someone i can get one for free and adapt it to my busin

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pricing quotes / commercial contracts

i have 4 sites to quote for commercial blocks of private flats.

 

i already work for the co asking me to quote and have done for 2 years or so.

 

its simple garden maintenance :  litter, strim, mowing, weed spray paths, vacum car-park etc etc - you know

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Do you provide quotes or estimates?

Hi 

I set up a landscape gardening business in August 2010.  I undertake both landscape construction and tidy up work.  I have found that when pricing for tidy up work its easy to provide a fixed quotation.  

For landscaping work I would like to offer

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Quotes - how do you do them ?

We all create quotes in some form or another to get jobs...  

Just curious how everyone approaches the 'mechanics' creating the quote from the site visit.  

Do you use a well tried and tested form and fill in out on site (but for your eyes only) ?  

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What To Include In A Commercial Maitenance Quote?

Apart from the basics of schedule of works, terms and conditions and a price(obviously) what else should be included in a commercial quote. For example risk assesments, proof of public/employers liability, copies of and certificates eg. PA6, methods

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Do you adopt a screening process when people call you for quotes?

Following on from a discussion entitled “Do you chase up on quotations following their submission to potential clients/customers”I ask the question do you adopt a screening process when people call you for quotes?I suppose it depends more on the type

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Do you chase up on quotations following their submission to potential clients/customers

Just wondered if it shows that you are interested to establish that the quotation conforms to the requirements or is there a danger that you are being pushy or perhaps desperate for work.

Personally, if I have received a quotation for a job, say an ho

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Can you help with this fencing quote

remove 4 6x4ft wooden panels and 4 3''x3''posts, dig -out old posts at the side of a bungalow.take panels to another address round the cornercut side off and remove holly branches to be able to erect new fencedry-mix in new 3 4''x4'' posts and fit 6x

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Larger maintenance contract quotes

Hi there,I've had an enquiry regarding a housing estate of 42 homes. I should be fine with it but any heads-up's or extra tips on this sort of scale of quote would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in anticipation of all your great feedback, as I know yo

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Fixed quotes?

Hi All.

I always tended to try and offer the client a fixed price quote so they could budget ok.

However, i keep overrunning and incurring extra costs which im currently absorbing, but im wondering whether i need to actually offer fixed price jobs.

For

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