Hi My Name Jacee

[JC Lawn]

I am a 35yr old woman with two sons. I have been in busniess for the last couple of years and I want to really start moving forward with my business. My business is located just outside Charlotte, NC. I have been given an opportunity to bid on seven properties all ownede by the same gentleman. They consist of several mills, I have never even thought about how to bid on commercial property. Can anyone help me or guide me in the right direction on where to start. I really need to get this account. I have my oldest son who is 18 and one more 31yr old who actually does the work. I just need to know how to price things... Please help!

[bnclawncare]

Hi, nice to meet someone from my area!

[Steve]

Hello JC,

Welcome to our forum!

Tell us about the property you want to bid on. Give us some details to help you create a price.

[JC Lawn]

I am going to take some pictures of the said areas today and try and post them to help give an idea of what I am dealing with. Can someone tell me how to figure out the square foot of the property needing maintenance? I will take all the help I can get. My main job has cut me back to 2 days a week, so I really need to get this account and some more too. I am running out of time too, grass season is basically here!!

[Steve]

Can someone tell me how to figure out the square foot of the property needing maintenance?

You should be able to measure the length and width of the property with a measuring wheel.

http://www.benmeadows.com/store/assets/product_images/bmc134609s.jpg

http://www.benmeadows.com/store/Surveying_Engineering_Mapping/Survey_Equipment/Measuring_Wheels/22115/

Then you take the width x the length in ft and you get the sq ft measurement of the area.

Does that help?

[JC Lawn]

You should be able to measure the length and width of the property with a measuring wheel.

http://www.benmeadows.com/store/assets/product_images/bmc134609s.jpg

http://www.benmeadows.com/store/Surveying_Engineering_Mapping/Survey_Equipment/Measuring_Wheels/22115/

Then you take the width x the length in ft and you get the sq ft measurement of the area.

Does that help?

Yes, this did help me alot!!

[Steve]

I am looking forwards to seeing the pictures you take of the area. Let us know what kind of bid price you come up with.

[JC Lawn]

I tried last night to up load some of my documents so everyone could see what I am talking about, but I can't get them to upload. help!

[JC Lawn]

Here is the squarefootage of Site #1. I tried uploading the pics again, but not luck. Can I maybe send someone an actual e-mail and then you can look at it?


Sqft. 115,752

Sqft. 28,217

Sqft. 64,056

Sqft. 14,367


Sqft. 6,700

Sqft. 16,209

[JC Lawn]

Hi, nice to meet someone from my area!Hi - it is nice to meet you too. I am really excited about this forum, I am hoping to learn a lot. I am like a sponge right now, I want to absorb all I can.

[Steve]

You can email me (slow@gophersoftware.com) them and I will post them.

[MacTrina]

Are you sure about this I added up all together it is 245,301 sq ft I would charge at least 800.00 per cut.Now you said that you dont have nice equipment you better make sure you do before you get this much grass to cut