I’m trying to figure out my pricing on different types of mulch jobs.
Let’s use today’s job as a case study.
I installed 95 bags of pine bark nuggets today. The mulch cost $291.34. It took 3 trips to get it. I did the job in 6.5 hours. I charge $45/hour = $292.50.
This is 2x product cost almost to the penny.
I haven’t figured in an “up charge” (for lack of a better phrase) for the mulch. What should that be? Additional 20%?
(The customer’s house is about a 6 minute drive to the...
Pricing mulch jobs
Let’s use today’s job as a case study.
I installed 95 bags of pine bark nuggets today. The mulch cost $291.34. It took 3 trips to get it. I did the job in 6.5 hours. I charge $45/hour = $292.50.
This is 2x product cost almost to the penny.
I haven’t figured in an “up charge” (for lack of a better phrase) for the mulch. What should that be? Additional 20%?
(The customer’s house is about a 6 minute drive to the...
Pricing mulch jobs