[TerraVerde]

We are thinking of adding garden maintenance to our services and I want to see if I can do it profitably. I am trying to work out what to charge. I was thinking of £160 a month for 2 guys visiting twice for 2 hours (4 man hours per month) doing a lawn cut, weeding and general tidy.

What do you charge your guys out at per hour?

[cutntrim]

$40CDN/hr so not as high as you if you factor the X-rate. We cut lawns weekly over here though, with weeding of beds bi-weekly.

[FungusMudGrub]

I charge 36$ USD per person for maintenance; I have clients who just want once a month, and some who want twice a month or every fortnight. It really depends on the property size what they end up paying, as well as the time of year. There are a lot more weeds in June than August.
Mowing is handled by a sub, who has an independant schedule. He gives me a set price per mowing visit, but the total number of visits can vary a bit year to year, due to rainfall or the lack thereof.
All but one client are billed on a time and materials basis, although I can generally give a pretty good estimate of what the total for the year will be. I feel that a profit margin should be built in to your hourly rate, so all your work is profitable.
We also do fertilizing, pest control, and deadheading, as well as pruning and weeding.