Lawn Care Business Help

www.gopherforum.com – When a lawn care customer decides mid-season they want to save money and only have you mow their property every other week, how should you handle this or even bill this? This was a dilemma that was presented to the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. The member wrote Ive had this weekly mowed lawn care customer since I started my business and now they want me to cut the grass every 2 weeks because they are seniors and they are getting low on money (thats an excuse I think) This yard I do, takes me 2 hrs with my tractor and another 15 to 20 minutes to trim all his stuff all over the yard. I dont want to lose this customer. I was talking to him about my possibly getting a ZTR and he was like, oh yeah that means you can lower your price. Why do old folks think this way ??? That when its mowed faster, you can charge less ??? He complains all the time my bill is too high and stuff.. and things like that Not sure what to do One lawn care business owner wrote my bi-weekly lawn care customers get charged a premium. I usually charge them 1 1 times the price of a weekly mowing. So if a lawn costs $40.00 per cut weekly, Ill charge them$60.00 per cut bi-weekly. That way it allows me to clean up any extra mess or bag the lawn. People need to understand that it is not a cost saving alternative. Weekly lawn mowing is best. Bi-weekly cuts usually take too much off the blade and can be detrimental for the turf. If you are going past the customers home …