a quarter dollar per linear foot of boundary. No marking and the property is about half wooded. That's about what this job went for that I got beat out of.
Better rethink getting licensed in more states. 😉
Why is that? The feds are the only ones that have money and they don't hire any jackleg that walks through the door. There is no money in local work.
Figure .35 to .65/ft around here otherwise you'll be a very proud and hungry individual.
A quarter is pretty cheap, but, it's 750 acres. There are parts that will cadilac along and others that won't. General rule is the bigger the tract, the lower the cost per mile or per foot, however you do it, otherwise, see the comment about proud and hungry.
I don't like it, so don't rag on me, but you have to be pragmatic in some of these situations.
FWIW, I could do 750 around here at a quarter a foot and make SOME money, but not as much as I'd like.
There are tracts around the Mississippi plain in West Tennessee that you could do for 15 cents a foot and make money. However, those tracts are flat and treeless. This particular tract? Not so much.
My response was going to be similar to Kris, and I'll add the following...
In my opinion, firms like yours can no longer do the stand alone boundary surveys and make a profit. There are TOO many solo ops doing them for the $0.25/ft fee you stated, and they are making a profit.
I'm not justifying their fee, so don't flame the messenger, just stating an observation, it's the (survey) world we're in now...
Just an FYI, I recently submitted a proposal on a 1,000 ac boundary. My proposal was "blown out of the water" (client's comment) by someone who's fee broke down to LESS than the 1/4 dollar fee you stated.... and I'm a solo op...
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
You know what those people are doing? They're just making a living. Now I'm not sure what financial shape they're in, because I might price stuff cheap enough if I was in bad enough shape, but dang, it's hard to make a living competing with these guys.
The comment was meant that you should get a few MORE..........
Someone else here needs to go get a few. The continuing education requirements make my head hurt.
Although, I was considering getting my license in NJ last year. A good client was proposing on some long term work about 15 miles from downtown Manhatten. They didn't get it.