Starting lawn mowing summer job for preteen, what to charge per lawn?

Answer 1

You need to do some figuring. How long will each lawn take to do? Is cutting all you need to do or are you going to trim and rake? Gas prices? Wear and tear on mower. Estimate what you want/need to make an hour and go from there. Congratulations on your enterprise.

Answer 2

Charge per lot size. Because lots of places (at least around here) are on double lots. I paid $20 last summer to have a kid mow my lawn. That was the going rate for a double lot. Also, I cleaned up the grass before he came over and raked the cuttings after he left.

Answer 3

Charge about $15 as a down for doing the lawn and an aditional $5 an hour. Or you can get real technical and charge per square feet.

Answer 4

I would charge $25, and add $10 for large lawns.

Answer 5

Do at least $20 per lawn, and then add an extra $10 for edging or bigger yards.

Answer 6

I used to get $35.00 per week. It was my job to see when it was really in need to cut. Sometimes (if it rained a lot) I would need to cut it twice or maybe even three times per week. But on a hot week, I'd only have to cut once! It took me about an hour, so I looked at it as $35.00/hour some weeks!

PS....I also used the bag to catch the trimmings. Factoring that in for time would be a good idea, since I needed to empty the bag about three times for the corner sized lot!

Answer 7

you need to charge 5$ per lawn i did it and got like 200$ a month

Answer 8

Just go to people's doors in your neighborhood and ask them if you could mow their yard.

Answer 9

it depends on how big the yard you are mowing is and other things like gas, trimming and raking.

Answer 10

$10-20 DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE YARD

IF YOUR PRICES ARE VERY GOOD THEN PEOPLE WILL WANT YOU TO SERVICE THEM. RATHER THEN SOMEONE WHO WILL CHARGE ALOT.