Turf laying · free tool · no sign-up to use itWhat should you charge to lay turf?
Turfing is prep + turf + graft. Put in your site time, crew, the turf and topsoil cost and disposal, and get a defensible price with a proper margin — plus what you’re really earning per hour.
Margin is on the sell price, the way accountants mean it — a 30% margin, not a 30% markup on cost.
Charge this per visit (ex VAT)
£605.71
≈ £100.95/hr on site£181.71 profit/visit
- Labour (13 hrs)
- £208.00
- Machinery
- £36.00
- Materials
- £180.00
- Your cost
- £424.00
Stop pricing one job at a time.
SwardOps builds this into every quote — travel, machinery and margin — then schedules the round and invoices the work.
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SwardOps does this on every quote — automatically
From your own costs, crews and kit. Then it schedules the round and invoices the work.
Turf laying pricing, answered
- How much should I charge to lay turf per square metre?
- Supply-and-lay is commonly £12–£18/m² once you include ground prep, the turf, topsoil and disposal of the old surface — but the honest number comes from your own costs. Put the turf and topsoil in the materials box and the prep + laying time in the hours box to get a price that actually holds margin.
- Should I quote turfing per m² or per job?
- Quote per job to the customer, but build the price up from the area. Cost the crew hours for prep and laying, add the turf, topsoil and waste removal as materials, then apply your margin — that’s what this calculator does.