How to quote lawn mowing jobs online to build a dense route

In the lawn care industry, route density is everything. If you are driving 15 minutes between mowing accounts, you are going broke. The key to building a hyper-dense route is volume quoting.

You cannot achieve volume if you are driving to every house to give a price. You must know how to quote lawn mowing jobs online.

Subtracting the Hardscape

You cannot simply look at a Zillow listing that says "0.5 Acre Lot." Half an acre is 21,780 square feet, but a massive portion of that is taken up by the house, the driveway, and the back patio.

To get the true turf measurement, you open RemoteQuoter. First, you trace the outer property boundary. Then, you trace the house, the driveway, and the patio. You subtract the hardscape from the total boundary. If the remaining turf area is only 9,000 square feet, you know you can easily knock out the property with a 36-inch stand-on mower in under 20 minutes.

Instant Pricing Matrix

Once you have the true turf measurement, you apply your pricing matrix. Many contractors charge a flat rate up to 5,000 sq ft (e.g., $45), and then add $5 for every additional 1,000 sq ft.

By automating this process with satellite software, you can rapidly fire out dozens of quotes a day, specifically targeting neighbors of your existing accounts to build ultimate route density.