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03-04-2005, 02:24 AM
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Acorn
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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whats your thing?
for those of you in the maintence end of this, what is your primery focus is it commerical, residental, are you full service including irrigition, tree work etc? after a few replys i will come back and cover what our focus is..
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Christina and Billy Strickland, Stricklands Lawn Care
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03-04-2005, 08:51 AM
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Gold Oak Member
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Long Island, NY
USDA Zone 6
Posts: 1,322
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about 80% residential...
Full service.....Spring - fall cleanup. Lawn applications. Weekly serivce. Shrub trimming. Sprinkler repair/small modifications (refer to friend for installs) Tree trimming and removal (what we won't do is refered to a friend ) Tree and shrub spraying...I am working on taking that over from who was thought to be a good friend of nearly 18 years.
Design, construction/installation (concrete/paver work is refered to a friend)
Enhancements......Annual flowers - fall change over to Mums and Kale.....Pumpkin displays. Bulb planting.
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03-04-2005, 10:05 AM
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Acorn
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Join Date: Feb 2004
USDA
Posts: 9
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About 75% residential, 25% commercial. Full service landscape maintenance. A few installs a year (landscaping). Turf and ornamental pest control/fertilization.
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03-04-2005, 12:06 PM
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Gold Oak Member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas City
USDA Zone 5
Posts: 391
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I am 100% residential.
I specialize in maintaining high quality turf for demanding cuustomers using the best materials and most contemporary methods.
I do very little mowing -- only for those clients who want a full service company(lawn, beds, shrubs, etc) and want to write one check -- a big one -- to one company.
I am also a school teacher -- so during the school year my focus is applications and turf maintenence and durign the summers I am very busy doing softscape work priamrily.
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03-04-2005, 10:30 PM
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Gold Oak Member
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Posts: 883
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Last year:
40% Residential maintenance (summer)
20% Commercial maintenance (annual)
20% Snowplowing & Ice Control (90% commercial)
20% Landscape Installation (95% residential)
Summer maintenance included; lawncutting, fertilizing, cleanups, garden bed/shrub maintenance
Landscape installation included; interlock patios, retaining walls (under 3' height, segmental and timber), garden bed installations, no water features...yet
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03-08-2005, 01:26 PM
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Acorn
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Join Date: Mar 2003
USDA
Posts: 20
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strickdad
Your "thing" should be directly related to the demographic of your market area. It should also be targeted to the most profitable "thing" that you are capable of doing. Each market is different and each Business is also. If Competition goes after Commercials at a low ball price then That might be an area that you want to stay out of. I made good money doing only high end residential. However a guy in my town made a lot more doing Blow and go cutting with half the headaches. Since we don't have a lot of commercials other than condos I stayed away from them. They change board member on a regular bases and each time it is a hassle all over again. They all want something for nothing and there is always a Bean Counter on the board.
Now just like asking "How Much Should I Charge" My answer is " How much does cost to do the job, Direct and In Direct costs." Demographics play a big roll on your target market.
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Ric
May you always be Healthy Wealthy and Wise
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03-08-2005, 03:55 PM
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Gold Oak Member
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Join Date: Sep 2003
USDA Zone 7
Posts: 473
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About 90% residential 10% commercial. Full service Landscape Installation and Grounds Maintenance company including pesticide applications, fertilization, some hardscaping, landscape lighting, water features
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Matt Thompson
Thompson's Landscaping
Henderson, NC
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03-13-2005, 03:31 AM
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Seedling
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Join Date: Nov 2004
USDA
Posts: 102
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85% residential and 15% commerical.
The reswidential ranges from weekly accts to yearly High end accts.
The commerical is a few small buisness. I have found it better for me to work with a home owner than a borad of diectors
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If you want it done right THEN have your wife do it
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03-15-2005, 01:46 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Junction City, OR
USDA Zone 8
Posts: 112
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Maintenance is 15% of my business, and of that 75% is commercial and 25% residential. I am working at builiding more residential and a couple more commercial customers. Slowly and carefully so they are taken care of properly. My goal is to get to 20% maintenance this year.
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Michael Kemp
NW Greenways Inc
541-998-8700
m.kemp@usa.net
semper viridis
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07-18-2005, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: beautiful, metropolitan Glover, Vermont
USDA Zone 3
Posts: 53
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We do design/install/maintain; 80% residential, 20% commercial. Also grow (from seed & divisions) 95% of the plant materials used on the jobs. I guarantee the plants for a year with free replacement. Very rarely does someone take me up on that offer.
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Kate Kennedy Butler
Labour of Love Landscaping & Nursery
Life without music would be a mistake
Nietzsche
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07-20-2005, 03:51 PM
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Acorn
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Join Date: Jul 2005
USDA
Posts: 5
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60% residential mowing.
10% commercial mowing
15% landscaping (small jobs, I need to get a contractor's license for jobs over 1K  )
10% irrigation work. audits, installs, addons to existing systems.
5% mechanic repair work.
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thank you to everyone who has encouraged me to do better, and tought me so much.
life without cello is... 
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07-20-2005, 07:46 PM
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Gold Oak Member
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Join Date: Jul 2005
USDA Zone 9
Posts: 28
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100% commercial work.... of that 60% is maintenance and the other 40% is renovations and install
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08-07-2005, 04:48 AM
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Seedling
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Join Date: Mar 2003
USDA
Posts: 87
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Whatever comes along, they all pay in money I hope....
I am more resi and common grounds
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