How to Start a Lawn Care Business?
How to Start a Lawn Care Business?
Trimming lawns or
landscaping both residential or commercial as a source of living does not make
you disrespectful but it provides you a sense of pride in addition to that,
gives you a pretty handsome source of serious cash.
Customers
Who is the driving
force for this industry? Millions of baby boomers must of whom are homeowners.
They fully understand the value of good-looking and maintained lawn but are not
able to do Lawn Care by themselves because of many reasons. Apart from that,
there are many others who are considered to be the potential customers
including:
- Property Holders who have no knowledge of Lawn Care
- People who want their landscapes to look up-to-date.
They prefer to hire experienced professionals possessing state-of-the-art
techniques.
- Builders who do not have their own Lawn Care staff.
- New homeowners who want to decorate their landscape.
The basics of Lawn
Care Business
It is to keep in mind
that this business is of seasonal nature (in almost all areas), with downtime
of 4-5 months during the winter season. Depending upon the surroundings and
climate, the working months can be from April to October, in which the industry
is in full bloom. Make sure to do marketing aggressively in spring so that you
may have a considerable number of clients to serve in summer. During the
winter, you can offer snow plowing-type services. If you want to have a break
during winters, maintain your budget in that accordance so that you have a
sufficient amount of cash to spend in income-free months.
A general startup of
Lawn Care business serves 20 to 30 clients a week and offers up to 3 types of
services: trimming, fertilizing, and chemical applications (pest control,
etc.). Mostly, business owners tend to start with basic mowing services and add
other services from time to time as they gain experience and equipment, and
enough repute in the market.
Basic Lawn Maintenance
includes mowing and trimming. They send out two or three persons so one person
can do the mowing while the other edges and trims the area. But a single person
can also do this job single-handed, of course taking some extra time.
It is important for
your business to survive that all of your equipment is in proper working
conditions. Means regular maintenance after each job done in order to keep it
sharp is necessary.
It is also important
to mention here to take essential precautionary measures to keep yourself safe
while working. Always use personal protective equipment like safety goggles and
ear protection, and always allow your mower to cool down completely before you
gas it up. Avoid touching the blades when the machinery is in operating mode.
Before starting
working, make an estimate and let your client negotiate it until you both agree
on some acceptable amount.
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