Home & Property Services
You maintain everyone else's property. We maintain your books so you know what you're actually making.
Out in the Field
Your day starts before sunrise and ends when the light runs out. You’re mowing lawns, cleaning pools, spraying for pests, replacing shingles, fixing irrigation. By the time you get home, the last thing you want to do is open QuickBooks and categorize transactions from three weeks ago.
So it doesn’t happen. Receipts pile up in the truck. Bank statements go unopened. You have a general sense that the busy season was good, but you don’t know the exact numbers. Then December rolls around and you’re not sure what you made or what you owe.
This is the reality for landscapers, pool service companies, pest control operators, and roofers across MetroWest and Greater Boston. You’re good at your trade. Bookkeeping is just one more thing you never signed up for.
What We Handle
Home and property services businesses run on job-based work with crews, equipment, and materials that need tracking. You might do 200 lawn maintenance visits in a month or three roofing jobs. Either way, you need to know what each job actually costs and whether your pricing makes sense.
We come from property management and construction backgrounds. We understand the rhythm of seasonal work in New England and the cash flow timing that comes with it. When you mention the spring rush or the January slow-down, we already know what you mean.
Job Costing and Service Profitability
Job Costing and Service Profitability
We track labor, materials, and equipment costs by job or service type. You see which clients are profitable and which ones you’re undercharging. Recurring maintenance work gets separated from one-time projects so you understand the economics of each.
Seasonal Cash Flow and Payroll
Seasonal Cash Flow and Payroll
Eight busy months generate the cash that has to last through four slow ones. We build forecasts that account for seasonal patterns and help you plan crew payroll, equipment payments, and tax estimates throughout the year.
Where the Money Disappears
A landscaping company bids a commercial property at $2,400 per month. Looks profitable on paper. But the crew spends 90 minutes extra each visit because the property has awkward access points and poor irrigation design. Fuel costs are higher than estimated. The owner spends an hour a month fielding complaints from the property manager. Real profit on the contract is barely there, but they renew it every year because they don’t have the numbers to see the problem.
This happens constantly. Without job-level tracking, you can’t tell which clients make money and which ones drain it. You end up renewing bad contracts and underbidding new work because your pricing is based on guesses instead of data.
Underpriced Work You Don't Recognize
Underpriced Work You Don't Recognize
That pool route that feels efficient might be losing money when you factor in drive time and chemical costs. That pest control contract you’ve had for five years hasn’t been repriced since you started. Without cost tracking, you keep doing work that doesn’t pay.
The Winter Cash Crunch
The Winter Cash Crunch
Revenue drops in November. By February, the busy season feels like a distant memory and the checking account shows it. You scramble for side work or tap a line of credit to cover payroll and insurance renewals. This cycle repeats every year when there’s no cash reserve plan in place.
What Changes
Job costing shows you real margins by service type and client. You stop renewing contracts that looked profitable but weren’t. New bids are based on historical costs, not hopeful estimates. When a potential client pushes back on price, you know your numbers and can walk away if it doesn’t work.
Seasonal planning means the slow months don’t become a crisis. Cash reserves build during the busy season. Quarterly tax estimates are paid on time. Your CPA gets clean books at year end instead of a pile of bank statements and a request to figure it out. You spend your weekends doing something other than catching up on paperwork.
Pricing with Confidence
Pricing with Confidence
Historical data shows what jobs actually cost. You price new work based on facts. Commercial contracts get evaluated on real profitability, not gut feel. You take on the right work at the right rates and let go of the jobs that were never worth it.
Smooth Seasons and Less Stress
Smooth Seasons and Less Stress
Cash flow forecasts account for New England seasonality. Reserves are built intentionally during busy months. Tax estimates are calculated and paid quarterly. Crew payroll runs without you calculating hours on Friday afternoon. You know where you stand every month, not just at tax time.
Greater Boston's Trusted Bookkeeping Partner
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