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  Gary Hedges January 2, 2011 at 8:22pm

  earn more?
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  Greenlawns January 2, 2011 at 8:27pm

  40 hrs a week, £400, not enough to warrant being self employed.
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care January 2, 2011 at 10:05pm

  Charge more or reduce your cost base.

   

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  Marry a millionairess who's Dad's a plumber.
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  Mark Brierley January 2, 2011 at 10:10pm

  LOL i have employees earning more than £400 per week
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  mark thomas January 2, 2011 at 10:16pm

  Money mangement !!! self tought, ie, a decent boiler, worcester, take less holidays or cheaper until funds come in , and ditch that health insurance its milking you.
  
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk January 2, 2011 at 10:37pm

  my point exactly !!!!
  
  Mark Brierley said:
  

  LOL i have employees earning more than £400 per week
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  Bespoke Lawncare January 3, 2011 at 10:19am

  Can you please give us an idea of how you put your prices together and what you tend to charge for different jobs

  Jobs should be priced as a job, not per hour, You can work on say £22.00 hr in your mind but you don’t tell the client that reason being they only want topay for the time you are there, stop for a brew they think that they are paying
  you wilst you drink tea, go collect plants from supplier not on site not
  getting paid.

  Ask yourself this would you mow a front and back lawn on an average modern estate for £7.50 No

  Front and back lawn cut and tidied in less than 15 minutes 4 per hour =£30.00 some want the beds tidied, aerations, scarification’s its how youmarket your-self 10 hr day =£300 a day  6 days=£1800 a week

  This would be ideal however there is no allowance for variations, fact that we do not have a full diary every day, it rains in the UK, running cost of a company, the van in for a serviceetc so lets cut it in half £900 a week x 40 weeks mowing season £36000 a year

  Remember these lawns are not long as you are cutting on a weekly basis if its a fortnightly basis you up the price as it takes a little longer

  Mid November till Mid Feb little or no work, do something else

  Now take the service to the next stage with an employee after wages van equipment for 2nd operative you are still going to bring in another £12 to £15K with agood round

  Now that is just an example on lawn cutting, the principle can match most services if applied correctly

  Be professional strive to be better than the competition and have self belief.
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  Greenlawns January 3, 2011 at 2:09pm

  
  Some good comments.

  Some of those comment relate quite well to how I run my set-up, .... mostly weekly jobs= easier work,

  very often doing 3, sometimes 4 in an hour, with 2 of us, £12 - £15 each per job,

  also some jobs as high as £50 for maybe 1 1/2 or there abouts , theres definitely more money in the smaller maintenance jobs, as long as its not charged hourly.

  It works quite well for me, I would always try and get a client into a weekly maintenance, as when its fortnightly in the summer it can be real hard work, especially if the lawn has been fed.

  For me its all about bread and butter work, you know where you are all the time, and your money doesnt change much.

  The main downside being that it can get a little monotonous. but I can live with that.

  Lawn lover said:

  Can you please give us an idea of how you put your prices together and what you tend to charge for different jobs

  Jobs should be priced as a job, not per hour, You can work on say £22.00 hr in your mind but you don’t tell the client that reason being they only want to pay for the time you are there, stop for a brew they think that they are paying
  you wilst you drink tea, go collect plants from supplier not on site not
  getting paid.

  Ask yourself this would you mow a front and back lawn on an average modern estate for £7.50 No

  Front and back lawn cut and tidied in less than 15 minutes 4 per hour =£30.00 some want the beds tidied, aerations, scarification’s its how you market your-self 10 hr day =£300 a day  6 days=£1800 a week

  This would be ideal however there is no allowance for variations, fact that we do not have a full diary every day, it rains in the UK, running cost of a company, the van in for a service etc so lets cut it in half £900 a week x 40 weeks mowing season £36000 a year

  Remember these lawns are not long as you are cutting on a weekly basis if its a fortnightly basis you up the price as it takes a little longer

  Mid November till Mid Feb little or no work, do something else

  Now take the service to the next stage with an employee after wages van equipment for 2nd operative you are still going to bring in another £12 to £15K with a good round

  Now that is just an example on lawn cutting, the principle can match most services if applied correctly

  Be professional strive to be better than the competition and have self belief.