how much for mowing a lawn ?

[onlyme]

As some of you know we will be moving to Hburg in less than 2 months. We already signed a lease and are paying rent. The property manager initially assured us that we would not have to worry about the outside of the house until we are physically there but things have changed: lawn needs mowing and weeds need to be cut. So far, so good. She now offered the "landscaping" services of her husband at $75,00 per mowing/weedcutting. Is that the going rate? It seems awfully expensive :smt118 . I am not sure just how big the yard is but we have never, ever paid that much for mowing services and we have had some big yards in the past. Should we accept her offer or would it be better to look for a professional? If so, who would you recommend?

[dollfus46]

As some of you know we will be moving to Hburg in less than 2 months. We already signed a lease and are paying rent. The property manager initially assured us that we would not have to worry about the outside of the house until we are physically there but things have changed: lawn needs mowing and weeds need to be cut. So far, so good. She now offered the "landscaping" services of her husband at $75,00 per mowing/weedcutting. Is that the going rate? It seems awfully expensive :smt118 . I am not sure just how big the yard is but we have never, ever paid that much for mowing services and we have had some big yards in the past. Should we accept her offer or would it be better to look for a professional? If so, who would you recommend?
:bs:I used to get $2 and $3 per yard but weedeaters weren't invented yet so I didn't have to do that. I have no clue but I think $25 for a regular yard. If more, I'm starting a new business. I'll mow and weedeat a regular yard (1/2 acre lot or less) for $25, unless it has 50 pine trees on it.

[noway]

Im always looking for extra cash... If you want to give me the location in a PM I will go by and check to see if you are getting ripped off..

[fuzzis]

Im always looking for extra cash... If you want to give me the location in a PM I will go by and check to see if you are getting ripped off..

LOL! I was going to suggest that you might be willing to load up your mower in the back of your truck and perform a good deed.:laugh:

[58ford]

last year I was paying $38 every 2 weeks.

[cubby 1]

I do lawns for $40.

c1

[Baloo]

dollfus, can you come over and mow my yard??? Last summer I hired a kid to mow my grass for me all summer... A guy in his 20's that was related to my sister's husband. They told me what a great job he would do, he lived close by, was becoming a preacher, was married with kids, needed the money and blah blah blah... I paid him $500.00 in advance. He mowed it once, then disappeared! :smt076 I would love to find this jerk and give him a reverse mowhawk! :bash: I guess that is what I get for being too good to someone... :smt105 So, now it just looks like trashville until I can get home to mow and weed eat all of it myself! I know my neighbors must hate it, but I don't know what else to do... It hard to find good people that you can trust to do an honest job for a fair price. I don't mind paying them well if they work hard, but it must be within reason!

$75.00 does seem high, unless it is a really big yard...

[EricStratton]

http://www.jerseys.com.au/images/2005_reg_willwork120.jpg

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

I am going to have to say unless the yard is over an acre that is way too much!

[Conveyor Belt]

I've gotten lots of estimates from different landscapers in the past few years. Anywhere from $35 a visit to $150 a visit.

My advice, find a guy with a beat up truck and an older mower. Those guys with the shiny new $10,000 mower jobs are the one's to avoid, IMO.

[Hermione]

I have a smallish yard and pay $30 for mowing and trimming. My yard guy is a City of Hattiesburg person who's done this for years. He should probably go up on his rate with the cost of gas, but $35 seems fair. Unless your yard is an acre, $75 is a giant rip-off.

[mac]

$75 is repugnant unless your yard is HUGE.

[TheKing]

depends on where youre staying...but if youre staying anywhere on the north side of the avenues between park and 24th...youll have some crackheads come by and offer to do it for anywhere between 10 and 20 bucks.

[EricStratton]

Crackheads! I had some crackheads grind a stump in my front yard. A friend of mine, who is an odd-job contractor, cut a tree down for me (the tree was leaning towards my house and with all the hurricanes....well), but he didn't have time to do the stump so he sent two crackheads to do it. Awful. That was almost a year ago and my yard still looks like crap because of it. Crackheads!

(off my soapbox...back to the topic)

P.S.
Don't do business with your friends.

[SoMissTV]

P.S.
Don't do business with your friends.

or crackheads.

[EricStratton]

or crackheads.

Yeah...the one crackhead who was actually working couldn't even hold the stump grinder steady and about fell down a dozen or so times. The other crackhead sat under my front porch and bitched about being lightheaded from the heat. Don't think it was the heat as much as the CRACK!

I've always said: "If you want something done right.....don't let a crackhead do it."

I have only myself to blame....

(I apologize for being off-topic for all of you who get pissed about that)

[firefly]

You wouldn't want crackheads anywhere near your house! They would be scoping it out to see how easy it would be for them to come back later & burglarize it!

[No-Halo]

I wonder if Carguy does yards? ;)

[EricStratton]

I wonder if Carguy does yards? ;)

I don't know, but I'll bet he'll beat the competitor's best deal and give you 0 down financing on the spot. No credit, no problem.:)

[Conveyor Belt]

I don't know, but I'll bet he'll beat the competitor's best deal and give you 0 down financing on the spot. No credit, no problem.:)

Yeah, but you'll be paying for the lawn job for the next 6 years at 12% interest... that 'deal' he cuts you now will end up costing about $4000 once you get it paid off...

[jmack]

I pay my daughter $40 for the front yard. I do the back and weedeating. Family time.. heee.

[bpitt]

Wow, I did yard work through high school and college, and I never got $75. The most I ever got was like $50, and that was about a 2 acre yard, 'course, I was always softhearted and didn't feel like pushing my limits on price. I suggest you find you a high school kid or college kid, they need the money the most.

[13Jess13]

i'm a professional, and most professionals don't get out of their truck for less than 40 dollars. Gas is very expensive these days and I have a child to feed so, I can't do a yard for 25 dollars. 75 may be a little steep, if you're interested let me know.

[onlyme]

Im always looking for extra cash... If you want to give me the location in a PM I will go by and check to see if you are getting ripped off..

I really appreciate your offer, however, and I hope you will understand, at this point I can't accept it. While I enjoy this board tremendously you are all still ( and I hope that will change soon ) " virtual people" to me which I have never met.
Gosh, this is hard to explain without sounding offensive :smt102 . Please don't take it the wrong way. I just learned over the years that the internet is not exactly the safest place to advertise your personal information.

[onlyme]

http://www.jerseys.com.au/images/2005_reg_willwork120.jpg

I'll keep that in mind. You and my husband, one can mow and one can weedwhack........LOL

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

I understand how you feel. You could probably get a reference on most folks on here.

What if you called a lawn care business and get them to go by and give you a quote you could probably handle all that over the phone.

[bpitt]

That's cool, we're all good people........you'll see. When you get here let us know, somebody will bring you over some sweet tea, and possibly a cake or pie, it's just what we do.

[onlyme]

Wow, I did yard work through high school and college, and I never got $75. The most I ever got was like $50, and that was about a 2 acre yard, 'course, I was always softhearted and didn't feel like pushing my limits on price. I suggest you find you a high school kid or college kid, they need the money the most.

That's what my freshman son says :)
Once we are there yardwork will not be an issue. It's just difficult to find someone from here.

[onlyme]

Having slept on it, we decided to just grin and bear it. Yes, $75,00 is expensive but at least they are only charging us from now until we get there. We have not mowed the grass here in NE yet, spring is just starting, but I assume that it has been necessary a few times in Hburg already and she is not charging us for that. Thanks for all your opinions and information :clap:

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

lets see I have cut my yard oh about 6 times already...

[onlyme]

lets see I have cut my yard oh about 6 times already...

Wow :smt103
In that case it all evens out. We may pay more now but didn't have to pay since we signed the lease. I feel better now :-D

[onlyme]

Hell, they're charging $40 to mow my Schnauzer these days. :smt118

Totally off topic: where do you take him? I usually groom Rufus myself but every now and then it's nice to get a professional cut. It makes my job easier: just follow the lines :)

[eyescene]

Hell, they're charging $40 to mow my Schnauzer these days. :smt118
Yell and we have to take'em to them and use our gas....no gas usage for them.

[Conveyor Belt]

Make sure you're hiring the guy and not hiring the guy to hire some mexicans to work on your yard. ALOT of these bigger guys are using non-english speaking labor, and if you want something special or tell them they missed something, good luck with that one.

The people I've had experience with, with the big ads in the yellow pages, they never even touch the grass. I only see them when the bill is being dropped off.

[just-Wynn]

$75.00 and some good rope. Done.http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jibarry/exchange/Goat.jpg

[onlyme]

$75.00 and some good rope. Done.http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jibarry/exchange/Goat.jpg

Instead of mowing service, I'd need a pooper scooper service :-D

[fuzzis]

I actually need to buy a lawnmower. I told my landlord that if they cut my rent, I'd handle mowing the grass for both sides of the duplex. Not that I like to do yard work (I much prefer to pretty things up with flowers), but it is driving me absolutely insane that it's been a month since they last cut the grass. You couldn't see my flowers if you wanted to. :(

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

no that is a mower w/ a built in fertilizer ha ha

[just-Wynn]

Nah, he'd probably eventually eat that too. :police:

[carsalesguy]

i got a mower you would love using fuzzis

just let me know

[fuzzis]

i got a mower you would love using fuzzis

just let me know

I'm not cutting your grass.

[carsalesguy]

I'm not cutting your grass.

you can cut yours with it if u need it

[fuzzis]

you can cut yours with it if u need it

I may take you up on that.

[Monkey]

My parents pay $45 in Madison for cutting the grass, weedeating and trimming the shrubs, and the have a very large yard. Onlyme I think your landlord is taking you for a ride!

[onlyme]

My parents pay $45 in Madison for cutting the grass, weedeating and trimming the shrubs, and the have a very large yard. Onlyme I think your landlord is taking you for a ride!

Probably, but like I said: we didn't have to pay for the previous mowings - unless they haven't done anything yet and it looks like a jungle - so it all evens out. We'll be there the end of June and then I'll do it myself ( or force my 15-year old to earn his keep )

[13Jess13]

I run my own business. do mowing, trimming, blowing, pruning, installs, etc. I have one employee and we are both competent. yards are a min. of 40.00, according to how many bushes you have, pruning is usually charged by the hour. 20.00 a man hour, so basically 40.00 for both of us for one hour, but there are exceptions. If you are interested I can give you my business number. thanks.

[bpitt]

You, steal? Nah, nobody from Pistol Ridge has ever been known for that, now have they?