Start Raking In The Benjamins- Leaf Removal Service
By Staff
The weather is getting cooler, football season has begun, and soon the leaves will start to fall. Raking leaves is a tedious chore that homeowners hate! This opens up a perfect business opportunity for you and your buddies to take part in. People will be very willing to pay for a leaf removal service because you will save them a whole lot of time and a sore back.
Start-up costs are low, as all you really need to start off with is a rake, gloves, and some leaf bags. Gloves are important because it is very easy to get blisters on your hand from raking. Decide on how you want to charge… maybe by the hour, or maybe by the bag? Create a flyer of some sort and advertise your service in areas that have lots of trees in people’s yards.
Once you establish your business, you may want to think about buying better equipment like leaf blowers and such. This will speed up the time it takes you to do a job, therefore you can schedule more jobs in a single day.
Photo credit: *Mickey
September 18th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Great advice, when people start trying to rake their leaves they remember that they would rather be watching football.
Only thing I would add is have some type of liability insurance..some homeowners think that is a big deal, they don’t want to be held liable if you get hurt on their property.
You also might check your auto insurance, make sure you’re covered if you are traveling to people’s homes in pursuit of this business.. Save you a lot of headaches/cash later on plus shows potential homeowners you’re professional.
Thanks,
Joe