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Cost of mowing service
We have bought a home in another town to use as a getway summer home type place. This home is about 60 miles from where we now live, and will see part time summer and winter use. This is a 1400 sq. ft. ranch style home W/2 stall attached garage on a 99X120 lot. The lot is flat with five or six semi mature trees, very little shrubery or other obstacles to trim around. The wife nor I are able to push a regular lawn mower anymore, so that is out. This seems like such a small lawn to invest much in a decent rider mower, plus we will need a sidewalk and a short 30-35 ft. drive cleared in the winter. This is an exceptonal summer here in that we have had lots of rain so the grass seems to never slowed up, in a normal August a couple mowings would be plenty. Our normal snowfall is about 30 inches per winter. Do tbose of you in this sort of business have a flat rate per season, charge by the time consumed per mowing/snow clearing?? What do you charge?? I know of at least one service in this town, but haven't talked to them. Frank.
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Thanks for the responses. I have indeed been fortunate that I've never had any issues with kids I've hired getting hurt, so I count my blessings there. Even tho our farm activity is on a micro scale now I still this past summer had two neighbor teen agers and two of our grandkids for a month or more help me move my shop equipment to a new building. They all worked hard and were well paid for their efforts. I couldn't count the number of kids I've hired in the past to bale hay, shell corn, cut weeds, etc. I see a lot of them as adults with familys of their own today around the community, and they are now hiring teen agers to help out.
I had a pickup plow for a few years mainly to do my own plowing, but never did turn down neighbors who had to get out to go to work, school or whatever. It never was or was intended to be a business, so I had no fee scheduel, it was kinda fun to do so a plate of warm cookies was plenty of pay. I just looked back at how much I've spent so far this year on maintenece items alone for our lawn care equipment and it's pushing 500.00. I know the owner of the lawn care service in our new community as a coffee shop acquaintence, so I'll contact him, this seems to be the most senseable approach, I can always tell him no if his fee seems high. Frank.
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