charging by the foot
I'm thinking about starting to charge by the foot. I've thrown this around some over the years but never did it.
I just finished a survey where the boundary was 8,265 feet.
Can anyone guess how many acres it was? The length given is just the boundary. Tie lines and such not included.
I'm in the middle of another one where the boundary is 2.19 miles. Care to guess the acreage?
I just finished three miles of boundary. I'm still working on putting up bearing tree tags.
I did that in a past life for wetland lines.
98 acres ?
Do I win the prize?
TNAI:-D
i use the $ per foot method for quick estimating for phone quotes. i check it out on google to see what i am getting into before i throw out a number. $1 per foot is a nice place to start for boundary. add another $1 per foot to mark the line.
i would guess 50 acres?
What method do you presently use?
I use the square root of the acreage times a factor as a start, then modify as appropriate for mitigating/agravating factors such as terrian, ground cover, length of boundary, screwed up title and etc.
0.19 acres, 5565' wide and 1' long.
jud
It would seem that a more general formula would be
$A times the number of corners times a factor for difficulty of locating
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$B times the perimeter length times a terrain factor
No formulas, if they want a cost quickly on the phone, I use my best guess times a factor of 5. If they will give me a chance to do some research, I will, after doing that research they will get a fixed price. If I miss something, that is my problem not the clients.
jud
For reasonably regular tracts I use the square root of the area x 5 x $1 as a starting point. The extra side is for ties and meandering traverse.
Of course this is completely dependent on field conditions. I always give a "not to exceed" price in the contract. I give myself plenty of time (money) for problems. That number gets stuck in the clients head and when they get a bill for less, they are happy as hell to write that check!
