# Start a lawn care business

URL: https://gocutline.com/playbooks/start-a-lawn-care-business/

Start a lawn care business: Grass keeps growing, so one customer can mean a whole season of work. 1) Start with what you have: a mower, a trimmer, and a way to carry them. 2) Pick streets close together, because driving is time you do not get paid for. 3) Set a price per mow by the size of the lawn, and write it down.

## The steps
1. Start with what you have: a mower, a trimmer, and a way to carry them.
2. Pick streets close together, because driving is time you do not get paid for.
3. Set a price per mow by the size of the lawn, and write it down.
4. Mow one neighbour's lawn for free, and take a before and after photo.
5. Knock on the doors with the longest grass in the evening or at the weekend.
6. Offer a weekly or fortnightly round, and group customers by street and day.

## Your first move in Cutline
Block an hour to walk the streets nearest you and list 20 lawns that need help.

## Copy this
> Hi, I mow lawns on this street. Yours would be [price] a cut, and I can start on [day]. Want me to do it this week?

## Make it a block
[Add it to your week in Cutline](https://app.gocutline.com/?plan=Start%20a%20lawn%20care%20business%2060%20min%20on%20Monday%20at%209): one click and the time is blocked.

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