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Landscape Gardening Business Management Software

Hello everyone, I’m Marc from Custom Quoter and have been talking to Henry, Gary and the team at LJN, He mentioned that there are often threads discussing landscapers/landscaping software.
We wanted to create this discussion to have some direct conta

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Pricing by the job versus pricing by the hour

The video below is from the US but I've found it interesting to listen the the chap talking about how he prices up a job.

Pricing up jobs - whether that's by the job, by the day or by the hour - has always been a highly contentious subject.

Much of w

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knocking down other tradesmen prices !

what was the last tradesman u knocked down on price;

mechanic
plumber
labourer

plasterer/builder
gas engineer
electrician?

i thought not : so why should you lower your prices/quote!

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injuries from work

I have recently had an ultra sound scan after physio,acupuncture and a steroid? injection (in 2 parts together in one jab) in my shoulder , well it started about 10-12 months ago after chainsawing some huge conifers in a hedge reductio.

some of you ma

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Following up on quotes

I've been fortunate enough to be getting lots of quotes to do recently but I'm not sure if I'm making the most out of them. Just hoping for some advice on how to approach the quoting side of things.

I am getting pretty good at pricing and have good ra

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Dealing with rejected quotes

Hi all, started my business up last year,things have been going OK but. I still find quoting for landscaping a tricky task,but know this will improve with time.

I've just had a quote rejected for a big patio project and was told the contractor they're

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Spons books.

HII was woundering does anyone on LJN use the spons seris of books to help with quoting, or just quote straight from them?I have the books to help a little to check if im too low or way too high but thats about it.

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Pricing a patio job at end of a terrace garden

how much would you charge for the below ?remove old shed 6x4ftdig 2/3 roots out and take awaydig off ground and remove turf/concretelevel with hardcore then sandlay up to 37 2x2ft paving/riven slabs ( about £5 each) with cement scree - squaremove and

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How much?

Hi folksBy way of comparison, how much would you guys charge to tidy up this mess?Its 27m long by 12m wide. Brief is to cut grass, trim all hedges, cut back all shrubs, weed paths and around about all shrubs and leave tidy, taking away all waste...yo

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