Every Duranta account includes a starter list with 25 services and 10 installs already set up. These items help you build your first estimate right away instead of creating a price book from scratch.
You can use them as examples, edit them to match your business, or delete anything you don't offer.
What's included
Open Favorites in the left sidebar to view your starter list.
Installs: install templates for surfaces, walls, turf and beds.
Services: maintenance and labor items, such as mowing, string trimming, fertilization, aeration, bed work and snow removal.
These are normal favorite items. You can edit, rename, re-price, star, duplicate or delete them. Any changes you make affect only your account.
Review prices before sending a proposal
Starter services and installs include example pricing so you can see how the price book works right away.
Most labor rates are set around $60 per hour. Hardscape and snow work use higher rates, for example $75 to $100 per hour. These are placeholders, not pricing recommendations for your market.
Production rates show how much area, length or volume a crew can complete per hour. They're based on sample industry benchmarks from the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). Use them as a starting point and adjust them to match your own crew, equipment and market.
Starter installs
The install type controls where the item appears when you're building an install on a property. For example, turf installs appear with turf, wall installs appear with walls, and surface installs appear with surfaces.
Some install templates also include materials and charges with example prices. These help show how labor and materials work together in an install.
Install | Type |
Paver Patio | Surface |
Paver installation and compaction | Surface |
Paver cutting | Surface |
Sweeping/Filling joints | Surface |
Screeding | Surface |
Rock pebble installation | Surface |
Retaining Wall | Walls |
Sod Installation (St. Augustine) | Turf |
Artificial Turf | Turf |
Bark Mulch 2" Depth | Beds |
Starter services
Category | Services |
Mowing and turf | Mowing, Lawn Mowing, Edging, String trimming, String trimming - obstacle trimming, Backpack blowing, Aeration, Grass Seeding, Sod installation, Plugging (6" spacing) |
Beds and plants | Bed Refresh, Bed detailing, Seasonal Color bed maintenance, Shrub pruning, Ground covers installation, Staking Trees, Bark Mulch 2" Depth |
Treatments | Fertilization, Spraying, Spot spraying, Spreader |
Site prep | Rototilling, Finish Grade, Screeding |
Seasonal | Snow removal |
How starter items are priced
Starter items use a few different pricing methods. Most starter services use tiered pricing.
Production rate
Production rate pricing uses an hourly rate and a production rate.
For example, if a service is priced at $60 per hour and the crew can complete 1,250 square feet per hour, Duranta uses the measured amount to work out the labor time and price.
Use this pricing method for work that depends on measured area, length or volume.
Tiered pricing
Some services include several pricing tiers. Each tier stands for a different method, crew setup or piece of equipment.
For example, Mowing has tiers for different mower sizes. A larger mower covers more square feet per hour, so the same lawn is priced differently depending on the tier you choose.
Flat price
Flat price items use one fixed price instead of a measurement. Lawn Mowing is a flat-price service with a recurring schedule.
Use flat pricing for simple recurring services or work you prefer to quote at a set amount.
Materials and charges as components
Some items include materials and charges as components. For example, the Artificial Turf install includes its road base, weed barrier and infill, plus a delivery fee and a site preparation charge. When you add the item to an estimate, Duranta includes all the parts together.
Make your Favorites list your own
Before using starter items with customers, update them for your business:
Open Favorites → Installs or Services.
Review each item you plan to sell.
Update labor rates and production rates.
Delete services or installs you don't offer.
Update material prices where needed.
Star the items you use most often.
Once your price book matches your business, your estimates will start from your own pricing.