How Much MONEY Do Landscapers REALLY MAKE ?!? 4 k
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2021
- LETS FIND OUT!! First we will do a mid sized landscaping job and then break down the pricing. Start to Finish Paver installation, Grading, draintile and boulder wall with Pricing breakdowns and estimating help.
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TAKE A GUESS WHAT THIS JOB IS WORTH! WATCH THE BUILD AND BEFORE THE BREAKDOWN STARTS- TAKE YOUR GUESS!!
That was enlightening. As a DIYer, when I start projects it's easy for me to underestimate how long it will take me and how many problems I will run into. Knowing that you charged $250 per
piece of equipment which would cost me $300 per day to rent, I wouldn't think twice about giving you the job rather than doing it myself.
I hope that you spend 3-5 minutes of every future video explaining the costs.
I was going to say $12.5k… do you add a terrorism risk surcharge in MPLS now? I grew up there.
$20,000
wow i was way off i thought the sq footage was more it looked larger than 375 sq ft. must be that fancy 4k !
I would say around $15,500
I am a carpenter that just started my own company about 8 months ago. Your videos are one of the main reasons I decided to start my own company. Very rewarding! Thanks so much for all your insight!
Thanks David and best of luck with the new Business 👊👍
@@Dirtmonkey hey Stan, Im a Landscaper out in MA, down on Cape Cod. Would you be comfortable discussing with me what some of your labor costs? I'm just getting started with my own business and I noticed that the price of the jobs that you are quoting are spot on with what it would be out here. So I'd be interested to know what kind of ranges you routinely see when dealing with guys. Obviously each situation is different but I'd still like to hear from you on the subject
For example: what kind of hourly do or would you look to pay for a guy with literally no experience?
How about someone with journeyman-type experience (a few years exp but still has PLENTY to learn)? What if said guy had no license?
Would you even hire a guy with little to no experience and no license?
What would you expect to pay crew leaders? Or crew leaders with no license?
@@jacobdaus3835 massive variables on what you people pay v their skill set. I am in similar position to you. It’s super hard working out what is fair. My advise, get good guys, pay them more, charge more money, have better tools, better work, better life etc. I’ve been going ten years, for last 5 I’ve had people working for me.
@@jacobdaus3835 it sounds like you have a good heart. Must remember we get into business to make money and although we would like to customer to be happy we cannot sacrifice any part of our objectives settling for Less.
If you know beyond the reasonable doubt that a non-experienced person wants to learn is willing to do so at a lower rate that's fine but only limited to one person.
Getting good help that are knowledgeable about safety, various plants, trees and seeds, local ordinance is exceptionally valuable! One mistake can cost the loss of a client and other clients as people like to complain more than reward.
Best of luck
I keep thinking about it. But going from an office to landscaping is somewhat scary.
Oh man what I wouldn’t do to have been able to see this video 10yrs ago. I’m positive there’s a ton of people out there who can benefit from this kind of content you should do more.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I will. 🙏
Your videos are simply incredible. Thank you for sharing your industry expertise and knowledge with us. I am going to watch all of them multiple times so I can learn as much as I can from you guys. Thank you for all of these incredible lessons please keep them coming!
Right on! We install a lot of paver patios in southeastern Wisconsin just like this and we’d be coming in almost exactly at the same price. Really enjoyed these videos breaking down your prices and how you go about your projects!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.
I love this series! SO helpful for someone new to the industry! Happy Wednesday! Have a great week!
Much appreciated- Have a great Week!
Love this breakdown adds a lot to what the final price means, excellent keep this kinda video as it is very educational.
Thanks, will do! I will add more details in as I go
I have been glued to my phone watching this. Loved it. I guessed a price and wasn't too far off. I think everyone really loved this. Thank you.😊🙏👍
very cool! Much appreciated.
This is amazing that you’re putting this information out there!! Most people are so guarded most of the time when it comes to this .
So true!
Great vid Stan. I really enjoyed this series and would love to see more of job break down videos. I have been landscaping for about 8 months and I really enjoy it. God Bless
You got it. Have an awesome week and see you on Friday.
Yes, please do more of the price break downs. Great video and information! Thank you for sharing Stan!
Will do!
that is the most AWESOME patio I've ever seen, Stan you and your crew do amazing work!
Keep 'em coming Stan. The pricing breakdown was very informative. Thank You !
Grateful you’re here bud 👊
The cost is pretty reasonable considering the labor and cost of materials. Makes me happy I instantly my flagstone myself. A little more one man labor when you have to level each stone to match. 30x21 patio took me all of last summer. Used my wheelbarrow for moving all the crushed concrete for setting stones. You and your team deserve every penny charged.
Thats a lot of work to do all by hand.
This is helpful, this spring having a deck torn off, smaller composite installed that will step down to a paver patio, covered seating area, fireplace, and built in grill/bar. After getting over the sticker shock of our project ...what you outlined makes sense. Those little things you don't think about, equipment, disposal, electrical, gas lines, etc...adds up quickly.
Glad it was helpful. All those details take time which adds up fast like you said.
Very helpful and informative. Especially for a new...ish business owner of a small excavation business. Thank you!
Love to hear it! Thanks Kelli & God bless 😊
Plus 1 fan here! Well thought and made video! Kudos to the creator's hard work to bring us awesome video to watch!
Much appreciated!
Yes! More of these please. This type of video has helped me immensely in my landscaping business. That, and it keeps me from being “Chuck with a truck”. Thanks Stan!
You got it!
@@Dirtmonkey Thanks again Stan. I was hoping to run into you at the GIE last week to tell you thanks for all your help in person, but our paths never crossed. God Bless
Just looking at getting into small hardscaping. This was very helpful and would love to see more videos like this. I also appreciate the size and price range of this job. Definitely something the majority could do!
Great video DM, very interesting, love watching. Great job !
Much appreciated sir and thanks for tuning in. Thats a Taryl fixes all picture- are you part of that channel in some way?
@@Dirtmonkey No I am not associated with Tarly . I learn from his channel as I do from yours. You guys are great.
very helpful, we currently don't do any heavy landscaping but might look into it more on our down time. we just normally find stuff on the farm todo if we aren't mowing. SW MN
Enjoy the videos !!!
Glad it was helpful! and thanks for tuning in!
Top notch as always. Great video and good looking patio. You guys rock!
Thanks again!
Please keep making these video's of you breaking them down! Helps someone like me that just started my business!!
I had to watch it twice just so I didn't miss anything. Yes very helpful video and educational, breaking down the numbers. Yes please more videos with price break down.🙏
Thank you- Glad you liked it!
You are by far, the best landscape construction channel I've seen so far.
Awesome info! The breakdown is very nice to hear. I was looking for you at GIE!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing the video. I very much appreciate you sharing you price model I find this very helpful as a person just starting to do projects like this. Please do more videos like this.
Gotchu brother thanks for the feedback 👊
What a great video. Yes please do more videos like this. I learned a lot from just this one.
That was very helpful Stan. Keep the video coming
Thanks, will do!
Bidding and estimating videos are awesome thanks!
thanks so much for this video Sir. Helping us younger guys grow!
My pleasure!
I loved the final breakdown of the price. As a home owner, if I ever want something like this done, I know what to expect. My initial estimate when looking at the patio was around $5,000. After watching the video I realize there's more to it than laying down some bricks.
problem is you might find someone for $5,000 that JUST lays down the bricks without all the other steps.
This is an excellent video !!
Informative as always Stanley. Many thanks and God Bless.
Very welcome
Yes please break down more jobs
These are my favorite videos
Thanks Stan
God bless you and your family 🙏
Glad you like these.
Please keep doing these kind of videos I really take a lot out of them!
How are you? More bidding please. Have a great week stan!!!
Love your vidoes!!!!!!
More to come! Thank you and have an awesome week bud!
Please keep sharing the cost breakdowns. Very helpful for those of us getting started. Not just to understand our numbers better but for the confidence to stand behind them when bidding jobs.
You got it!
thanks stan that did help makes sense and you can explain to the client what they are getting for their money
Glad it helps
These are so helpful please make more
Awesome video and advice. Definitely will help me put some items you mentioned that we're not charging for. Even tho I'm in different state., here in Oregon. Helpful advices.
Awesome 👍👍
love when you give us some ball park numbers to make us more confident in our own formulas
Great series Stan I enjoyed it!
thank you- good to hear that
I definitely enjoy the job/bid breakdowns.
Glad you like them.
mannn i dont have a plow yet but watching ure videos made me go out and do scrap metal runs all day still saving for a western plow thanks for all the inspirational videos
you can do it! I saved a long time for my first plow.
@@Dirtmonkey definitely my own question that i need to ask you is i bought a rear wheel drive truck i know 4x4 id ideal have you ever had to run a rear wheel drive plow truck if i had more money id buy a 4x4 whats your opinion maybe you could make a short video on plowing in rear wheel drive just a short clip and some tips would help alot of people out have an amzing day
Thanks Stan! Love these vids
My pleasure!
Great breakdown of job.
Glad you think so 👍
Great video man! Thank you!!
The patio looks really good! I'd be super happy if I was the customer.
That looks like such a fun job.
Man,talk about working hard for your money. Amazing to watch!! Thanks 😊.
Ya got it 👊👍
love the breakdown!!! We got snow !!! Would love your snow plowing breakdown!!!! Hope you got to check out the loon video ! Thanks again!
Beautiful patio work.
Thank you very much!
I would love to get back into construction but finding a guy to work for like you is 1 in a million. I guess ill just have to get my fix by watching your videos lol.
Great pair of vids. More like this.
Thank you- will do
Great video. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Love this channel
Super appreciated bro 👊
Thanks Stan. This is Gold
Awesome👊. Now get a few more people to watch this video so we can all stop underbidding each other and get prices we can live by together. And we do that working together to create a fair living without underbidding each other but providing quality services at a fair price.
Love this kind of video as a owner of a landscape business in Utah. Can you make a detailed video about finding the lines and slopes for paver jobs? Patio, driveway etc.
the formula we use is 1 inch of drop per 8 feet of run.
I loved this, made the breakdown on pricing easy to understand. the only thing I was a bit fuzzy on was the stone still palleted. Is this an agreement that you as the contractor and the stone distributor have before delivery is taken? But loved this series and can't wait for the next video. Stay safe!
No agreement- but its how we work. If we have a little left over still palletized and easily re-used- or returned we do
I would love to see lots more videos about bidding & self worth on a job.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good stuff Stan 👍
Thanks 👍
Awesome job!
Please do brake some more of these jobs down for us I found this video extremely interesting. I might want to go in grading when I get out of high school and open my own grading company.
Can do!
Great video Stan 🇺🇲
Glad you enjoyed it
Big like!! Awesome presentation 👊😎 Returning viewer here!
Big thanks and glad to have you on board!
Stan like the drain boxes below the downspouts I do that when I can get away with it but some twp require to have a y pipe with clean out I don’t like black corrugated pipe had to many problems with tree roots growing through the pipe always use SDR 35 👍
We like how flexible it is but also use the hardpipe for other style drains.
Great video but something to point out in the uk we would have the disc cutter going opposite direction as not to possibly damage windows if any chips came off block paving while cutting them
Thank you! For the "restoration" portion of the project do you reseed grass in the spring, elect for sod, or limit reseeding restorations until the fall?
Awesome video by the way , you guys do
Good work
Live by the shovel die by the shovel
Looks great nice video. God bless brother.
Thanks for watching
We charge roughly the same rates in Silicon Valley California.
I charge a 20% markup for curves.
Paver installation $16 front yards, $18 back. Plus $8.50 for excavation or concrete demo.
Here suppliers don't accept returns, so any paver purchased is charged to the job.
Great video’
work for a hardscapes company in Kansas City and i do all the installing. our pricing is really dependent on what materials they choose. that patio you just did would go up in price with a unilock or techo bloc paver. we also pour a concrete base for all of our paver patios
You pour a concrete base? interesting. Are you in a frost zone? I would worry about that cracking and breaking up unless its a thick pour which would add into the project cost.
@@Dirtmonkey pour our bases 3-4” thick….air entrained 4,000 psi mix with small fiber.
Great informative video and usual🤙
We are in North Bay, Ontario 🇨🇦
And we would come in at around the same price
God Bless🤙
Right on! Good to know we are in the same ballpark.
Thank you appreciate this ☝️😁
yeah, more of that Stan.Thanks!!
More to come!
Awesome video bro 👍
Thanks ✌
Excellent.
As a business owner knowing the per unit numbers is crucial both for inputs and outputs.
It for sure is and your labor costs associated with that
Yes I would like more Video's like this. I have been charging a hourly rate. People around here get freaked out. Then I tell them I have Insurance, Truck, Tractor, payments. Then I would like pay for me. They think I am ripping them off. The reason being there are people in the area that work for less. I am One guy just trying to get by. They think my price is high this year wait till 2022. If Gas prices keep going up!!!
I think a good landscaper should make as much as a good mechanic on an hourly basis
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Hello back and thanks or tuning in!
Thanks for sharing your "rates". Some people in our industry are so afraid to talk $. Like your gonna steal a job from them. I have tried to engage with other yard guys and just get the ol stink eye, or brushed off. BUT!, the few that I get to open up too, we now share bid prospects and even pass jobs off to each other. Yes we are the little guys, but we stay busy doing our thing and helping each other out. Kinda sad that some can't see the benifits of truly networking.
Great point. You and the other "little"guys together will have an advantage
Awesome video. Just my opinion, landscape designs/installs should really include raingardens so that rain water does not have to be moved off the property as run off. Its a precious resource that if directed and used properly could boost the aesthetics of the job and most importantly the ecological functioning of the space.
Can’t argue with ya there! Love you’re thinking 👊
Thanks Stan!!!
😄👊
Another great informational video please keep it up! Two questions, first compared to last years prices how mush has your costs gone up because of COVID? Second, I understand charging to grade the land around the project but do you charge for returning the access area to the job site back to the way it was before you started?
Yes- we don't include restoration in our flat rate patio prices. That is all additional.
Great video
Thank you!
I’m lucky to get 14 a foot in Panama City, FL. Way to many guys have been doing sand based pavers here for to long. Making people understand why we are so much higher is always a fight. Even though we are certified and offer a warranty on our work…
Should use an inch to one and one half inches of 1/4" Chip Stone ontop of your (compacted and graded) A-gravel, and use bars as well as a variety of levels to grade your pavers with. Super fast, accurate and level. You can pack down your pavers afterwards with a rubber mat attachment on your tamper as well to flatten and even everything out before you sand with polymeric.
Using sand under pavers isn't very efficient because it washes away over time, leaving low spots everywhere after about 2 to 3 years, even sooner if you're in an area with lots of rain throughout the year or an area with snow and frost during winter season.
Chicago public bidding is in the 20 to 35% gross margin, while working as an estimator in another area of the country I was getting 45 to 65% gross margin. Large jobs (up to $5 million) where still in the 50% gross margins. Control of your labor expenses, your largest single expense is key to making money.
So correct!
Very informative nice
Thanks for liking it👊
Great video with a question on the bear claw curve. Why did I not see a precision cut to close the gap between the claws and make a true curve? I live in South Florida and this type of space between blocks would wash out and fill with weeds.
Good question- sometimes we do just what your describing but other times we don't and some of those details are discussed prior to construction with the client.
@@Dirtmonkey Perfect reason. Thanks for the reply.
Yes. We would love to see more. I would like to see more mowing trimming job pricing breakdowns.
You got it!
Nice job Stan. This is very interesting how you described the breakdown of the end-user pricing. Do you charge an additional percentage for profit beyond this estimate? Allows for a little fudge factor and additional profit to invest into the company's growth. Thanks for the video Stan...
This breakd won is pretty much what the customer would be charged plus tax
Great video stan...as usual..lol
I appreciate that
Could you have done this same work if the yard has leach fields for a septic system
Hey man can't find where you get back blade cutting edges I remember a video you made I think for a short iron thank much!
its in the video- weird day at work
Good info. 🥃🇨🇦
So do you charge 23-33 per square foot including the pavers or just for the base sand and install?