How to go about shoveling snow for money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids just came in from knocking on doors. Both have close to $100 in their pockets.

Mathis makes
Me happy that kids will work. Good for you parent

They're motivated - if they want to spend money they need to make it first. I fund needs, they need to fund wants.

These days, you are THE genius parent.
Kudos to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pay $20-$25 without a second thought.

A particularly long/steep/difficult driveway and walk, charge $40.

We paid $40 to some guys who rang our doorbell for a big driveway, walkway and sidewalk today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t that kind of embarrassing ?

F off. It's good to see a younger person with a strong work ethic.

[Anonymous]

OP if you do this in the winter regularly I'd also sign on a part-timer with an official snow shoveling company. My condo building has a contract with one and they are ALWAYS prompt, professional and get it done in the early mornings.

https://rasevic.com/snow-removal/snow-removal-company/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Posted on next door and now I have 4 customers! Yay! Hopefully I can get at least 10 today and a few tomorrow.

If you're not busy just go walk around and offer your services. I'm the lazy type who may never go the extra step of calling you and setting things up. But if you show up at my door or approach me when I'm struggling with the driveway myself, I'd say hell yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would pay $20-$25 without a second thought.

A particularly long/steep/difficult driveway and walk, charge $40.

We paid $40 to some guys who rang our doorbell for a big driveway, walkway and sidewalk today.

Absolutely

[Anonymous]

Kids in our neighborhood charge $10 for 2 car spaces, sidewalk, and steps (townhouse community).

[Anonymous]

FWIW, my wife & I are handicapped and not able to shovel snow. A few years ago, we had heavy snow here & a couple of guys came along & offered to shovel us out.
They shoveled our driveway, sidewalk, mailbox & front porch. There was 3 feet of snow on the ground & they got it done in an hour.
We gladly paid them $100 for doing it.
And we got a bargain for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to hijack but what is a fair price to pay for shoveling a walkway, part of a driveway and about 50 ft of sidewalk?

It depends on the neighborhood and the residents. I paid $60 to have my driveway, sidewalk and cars cleaned off. I have teenagers and they were not getting off of their @#$ and I did not feel like fighting with them. And, there are others who need the money so I paid a man and his son who stopped by. He proposed $60 and I did not counter. We do live in an affluent neighborhood so he probably figured he could get that amount. He shoveled our home, and two adjacent neighbors. He probably hit a few other houses too. The neighborhood list serve is a good way to advertise also. There are elderly people who need help and would welcome it.

[Anonymous]

Post flyer, listserve, etc., in your neighborhood. There's someone in my neighborhood who bought a snow blower from Craigslist and when it snows, I send him a text right away because he usually gets a lot of requests. Good luck, for us, it's been a big help to have someone to help us. We have a two car driveway and small side walk. he charges us $40.