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Loads on here do so it works for some.
I'd rather have the money in my hands not waiting for Christmas and after to get paid for June!
Was busy until early Feb last winter, was my first so didn't know what to expect.
Lots of border work, shrub pruning, bits of small tree pruning, veg plot preparation, couple of pre Christmas tidy ups etc.
Most work came from exsting summer clients, very little new work until early March this year.
By March I was sick of the sight of borders and couldn't wait to get the mower out!
Almost 40% of our customers pay monthly dd (lawn care) using gocardless. We find an easy option, plus many (25%) also pre-pay for a discount (4%).
We take 2 weeks off at Xmas, and are now fully busy late autumn / winter with aerations and moss controls.When I was starting out, we also filled the gaps with ad-hoc work such as leaf clears, gutter tidy, patio cleans, small fencing jobs, border tidies. So lots to do over winter if you want to AND make the customer aware you're providing services.
I would send out an email around October to all customers and the winter diary would be full within a couple of weeks quoting. Strong demand, as it was for small jobs that would be hard to find someone else to come and quote for and you are trusted.
Gritting for commercial customers can be a very good earner - If you are not busy its great as automated call -out texts get sent at zero degrees celsius and if you have 4 or 5 sites you can be done pretty quickly....stick to walkways and pedestrian access and your kit requirements will be minimal...
You seem a bit derogatory about £20 an hour!! I make a comfortable living on that though admit I'll never be rich. I'm in quite an affluent area but round here, £20 is really the top anyone pays........... Its above the national average so can't complain.