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A starting benchmark figure is available via the Spons small landscaping guide available on amazon (~£25). I am a fan of this book but it is not the whole answer. Clearly it can not take account of your levels of experience, productivity or cost base, but once you can 'verify' or measure yourself against the values, it does provide a level of sanity checking.
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/spons-price-book
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Well the way I do most of my work nowadays is by the square metre.
If you work out roughly how long a square metre of each task takes to do then go from there.
The pricing is then down to you but don't forget to include your overheads into the price.
same here, if there is a lot of barrowing or carrying through houses or additional material to sort out bad levels (you get the idea) then adjust on an individual basis.
once you've done the job, it's interesting to get all the receipts together and work out if you priced it right, i've lost money or worked for a pittance on more jobs than i care to think about
Tony Skillicorn said:
Well I think everyone has worked for near nowt, but if you do work it out on a square metre cost its a good benchmark price then you can work out a minimum price.
Once you have those prices you can then adjust them for jobs that are in different areas.
So if you have to drive an hour to a job you can increase the square metre price to cover diesel etc.
Like Stuart said its the receipts that will tell you, and sometimes depress you haha.