Cost for Aerating Lawn?

Hi,

My lawn is about 12,500 - 13,000 square feet. I had a local company service it for a few years and then took a few years off. I recently decided to have national company Scott's treat it. For the square footage, they said it would be $200 to Aerate and $200 to overseed.

Do those prices sound right? I have no idea on the overseeding, but I seem to recall the local company saying they would charge around $60 or $70 to Aerate. I just want to know what a fair price to aerate a lawn of this size would be and if I am getting ripped off or not.

Thanks! Garrett

Reply to
tterrag smis
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big franchise company charge more, having to pay for scotts name use.

why not call the local company for a free price quote.

I rented a machine one and diod 2 lawns myself it was hard work:(

bucking bronco heavy work

Reply to
hallerb

Did you at least get kissed when they gave you this quote. Rent the aerater and do it yourself. Best to do after it rains. Get a spreader and buy the seed to overseed. Take the $200 bucks you will save and mail me half.

Reply to
RayV

That actually sounds about right. Half of what they charge is probably labor. It cost me 70 bucks to rent an aerator and power rake for 2 hours this spring If you tack on 100 bucks for labor charge (yes I know that sounds impossibly high for a few hours work), it comes out okay.

Personally, I'd do it myself, it wasn't difficult, the only thing I would have saved would have been the 4 hours of raking up all that damned moss I pulled out with the P-rake.

Reply to
Eigenvector

The labor costs can vary greatly. Takes about 10 minutes to overseed my lawn (18,000 sqft) plus $85 worth of high-quality seed (about 50 lbs). The $70 to aerate sounds reasonable. Knowing what to do and when to do it is very important.

Reply to
Phisherman

$70 to aerate 13,000 sq ft? Here in NJ you couldn't even get anyone to come look at the job for that! It costs $50 just to rent one for 4 hours to do it yourself. And $200 to overseed is quite a bargain too, considering the price of any half way decent seed and again just renting a slice seeder is $50 for 4 hours.

Reply to
trader4

Before doing any aerating I suggest you check with your local county extension office. Lawn aerating like so many lawn services has been greatly over sold. In some situation it is useful, but I would guess that most of the time, it is a total waste of time and money.

Reply to
Joseph Meehan

This is true. It makes no sense to aerate soil that is not compacted. Earthworms aerate naturally. However, how a lawn is used can make a big difference. Playing volleyball everyday or driving over the lawn will compact the soil. If your soil is < 6.5 pH, adding inexpensive lime will help loosen the soil.

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Phisherman

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