My neighbor down the street asked me if I would be interested in doing some yard work and snow clearing for her. She is older, recently divorced, and can't handle it anymore. She has about a 1.5 acre lawn and a 100 ft driveway with a turn around and 20 foot sidewalk.
She had a guy plowing the driveway last winter, but he actually ran into her garage door and ripped up some of the lawn.
She has a small Ariens 22" snowblower she said I could use, but for the bigger storms I will probably need to do the driveway a few times or bring my own snowblower (requiring me to bring the trailer) since hers is so small.
She also wants me to do leaf clean up. She has a John Deere rider with a bagger, but it is currently being fixed, so for at least the next couple mowings I will need to use my own rider. There is also a small garden area with grass around her house that needs to be done with a push mower since a rider won't fit through the gate. I told her at the end of the season I will clean out all the gardens with a leaf blower/vacuum so that one will take a bit longer.
She also has a few bushes that need to be trimmed with a hedge trimmer. That should only take 1-2 hours.
What should I charge for this type of work? I'm used to fixing people's equipment not their lawns haha. I'm used to doing yard work for family but never really charging people.
The yard guys around here aren't anything to go by since they charge cheap prices then never show up again. I want to be fair on price, but my time is also worth something. We live in a decent neighborhood so its not like people can't pay for it, but I don't want to be ripping off old people either.
Thanks for any suggestions.
She had a guy plowing the driveway last winter, but he actually ran into her garage door and ripped up some of the lawn.
She has a small Ariens 22" snowblower she said I could use, but for the bigger storms I will probably need to do the driveway a few times or bring my own snowblower (requiring me to bring the trailer) since hers is so small.
She also wants me to do leaf clean up. She has a John Deere rider with a bagger, but it is currently being fixed, so for at least the next couple mowings I will need to use my own rider. There is also a small garden area with grass around her house that needs to be done with a push mower since a rider won't fit through the gate. I told her at the end of the season I will clean out all the gardens with a leaf blower/vacuum so that one will take a bit longer.
She also has a few bushes that need to be trimmed with a hedge trimmer. That should only take 1-2 hours.
What should I charge for this type of work? I'm used to fixing people's equipment not their lawns haha. I'm used to doing yard work for family but never really charging people.
The yard guys around here aren't anything to go by since they charge cheap prices then never show up again. I want to be fair on price, but my time is also worth something. We live in a decent neighborhood so its not like people can't pay for it, but I don't want to be ripping off old people either.
Thanks for any suggestions.