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Old 03-06-2007, 01:00 PM
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questn commercial lawn cutting bidding

I recently just got my first request from a business for a lawn cutting and bed maintenance estimate. I deal mainly in residential, is commecial handled differently from residential estimates? I am also bidding to take care of the owners residence as well, which is 5 X the amount of lawn. I need some help? I usually don't put residenial customers on lawn cutting contracts, I always said if I did commercial that I would use contracts.

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Old 03-06-2007, 03:33 PM
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Take your own advice and use contracts!!!!

I would even go one step further and put all of your customers on contract. There really is no difference between residential and commercial when it comes to needing contracts. Half the time residential customers are worse to deal with.
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You are going to want to do contract.......or need to.

No commercial place I do lets go one year to the next without a contract......Though I often send the new seasons first invoice before the contract.

Bidding.....Oh.....well. I would like to think that you can bid the same as residential.......say for example.......the size of the commercial property is equal to 5 residentials......So you would bid them the 5x residential........right?

Wrong....

It is a one stop..........and commercial bidding is more cuthroat than residential......or equaly.

same goes with the bigger properties......you would think to piece it out to what you know......take the owners property you mention......5x larger.......should they pay 5x more?

Doesn't work out that way. It can, but most cases it's not.
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