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New season busy or not?

Posted by gary newton on April 6, 2014 at 10:22am in Business
With the majority of the bad weather hopefully now past
the new season kicking in
Is the work rolling in or not
with myself landscaping inquiries are slow and prices i seem to be up against are a little cut throat
on the other hand garden maintenance lots of Inquiries from customers new and old decent rates and hardly any haggling or tendering against others
Not sure which way it's going to go this year
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  • Matt Johnson April 6, 2014 at 12:50pm

    The domestic market (Design and build) is thriving for me at the moment.. stacked up, in fact possibly to much but I won't complain..

  • phil@gardenchief.co.uk April 6, 2014 at 1:16pm
    Maintenance here, very busy, been busy for 6 weeks now.

    Last year i didnt take anyone on till end of April, new bloke been with me a month.
  • Kieran Ray April 6, 2014 at 2:01pm
    We just undertake landscaping projects and we are flat out. Currently we are booked until the middle of June with more enquiries coming in daily. I'm generally looking at about 10 jobs a week, most of them being 1-3 weeks work.
  • chris April 6, 2014 at 3:28pm
    Maintenance very busy lots of new enquirys rates not bad
  • Colin Hunt April 6, 2014 at 3:55pm
    Not sure what advertising you do Kieran, but once I got to your stage, we cut the advertising and relied on recommendation. A lot less to price and a much healthier price/acceptance ratio - breathe!!

    Kieran Ray said:
    We just undertake landscaping projects and we are flat out. Currently we are booked until the middle of June with more enquiries coming in daily. I'm generally looking at about 10 jobs a week, most of them being 1-3 weeks work.
  • Kieran Ray April 6, 2014 at 6:02pm
    Iv just moved to Milton Keynes so for this year it's advertising all year round for this year at least. Mainly trying to get the name out there. Tbh we advertise in 2 local magazines that go solely to ab readers, our website and about 5 flyers went out at the start of march to houses were the magazines get delivered to high ten brand awareness.

    Colin Hunt said:
    Not sure what advertising you do Kieran, but once I got to your stage, we cut the advertising and relied on recommendation. A lot less to price and a much healthier price/acceptance ratio - breathe!!

    Kieran Ray said:
    We just undertake landscaping projects and we are flat out. Currently we are booked until the middle of June with more enquiries coming in daily. I'm generally looking at about 10 jobs a week, most of them being 1-3 weeks work.
  • gary newton April 6, 2014 at 6:22pm
    Kieran
    A little off topic but how did you find the move / establishing yourself in another area
    we are moving in may and it's a little to far to travel back to my existing location long term
    my aim is to keep the work i have and travel until I get established within my new boundaries
    how did you get your name about

    last time i relocated i moved back to a area where i was known and the transformation was quick thro contacting old clients etc
    this time it's a new area altogether
  • Colin Hunt April 6, 2014 at 6:27pm
    Brave move mate - good luck.


    Kieran Ray said:
    Iv just moved to Milton Keynes so for this year it's advertising all year round for this year at least. Mainly trying to get the name out there. Tbh we advertise in 2 local magazines that go solely to ab readers, our website and about 5 flyers went out at the start of march to houses were the magazines get delivered to high ten brand awareness.

    Colin Hunt said:
    Not sure what advertising you do Kieran, but once I got to your stage, we cut the advertising and relied on recommendation. A lot less to price and a much healthier price/acceptance ratio - breathe!!

    Kieran Ray said:
    We just undertake landscaping projects and we are flat out. Currently we are booked until the middle of June with more enquiries coming in daily. I'm generally looking at about 10 jobs a week, most of them being 1-3 weeks work.
  • carl lawson April 6, 2014 at 8:25pm

    maintenance keeps me busy most of the year,had the same customers now for about 5 years,prices go up slightly every 2 years,as a result dont need to advertise ,happy days !

  • Thermo April 6, 2014 at 9:08pm

    unbelievably busy. put another van on the road and taken on another employee starting tomorrow

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