When quoting a customer who has two separate treatment areas on their lawn, such as a standard turf grass area and a separate secondary area (like a back pasture, a specialized garden bed, or an auxiliary lot), you can accurately price and schedule both on a single estimate.
To do this, the secondary area must be configured as a Property Zone. This allows you to bill the standard lawn based on its main square footage while simultaneously billing the second area based on its unique property zone square footage.
Step 1: Set Up the Property Zone
Before building the estimate, ensure the secondary area is mapped out on the customer's account. The system needs this specific zone measurement to calculate the second portion of the pricing.
- For a refresher on how to set up these boundaries, please review the Property Zones Overview Guide.
Create a Dedicated Service for the Zone
Because Spraye calculates application tracking and pricing based on the service rules, you need a service mapped directly to that zone.
- Navigate to your Services page and create a new service.
- Link your Property Zone directly to this new service by selecting the property zone for the service in the Property Zone dropdown.
- Naming Convention Best Practice: Give this service a highly specific name so you do not confuse it with your standard program. For example, if your standard application is named "Round 1", name this secondary service something distinct like "Round 1 - Property Zone".
Add Both Services to the Estimate
Now you can present both costs clearly to the client on one document.
- Create a new estimate for the customer.
- Add the original standard service. The system will automatically pull the customer's regular main square footage to calculate this price.
- Add your newly created property zone service (e.g., "Round 1 - Property Zone"). The system will pull the specific square footage of the mapped property zone to calculate this separate price line.
- Save and send the estimate to the customer.
- For full details on assembling and dispatching estimates, see the Creating and Sending Estimates Guide.
Key Benefits of This Workflow
- Pricing Accuracy: Prevents under-quoting by separating two distinct areas that require different pricing formulas or material volumes.
- Technician Clarity: When the job is dispatched, the technician will see both services on their route sheet, making it clear that they need to treat both the main lawn and the designated property zone.
- Professional Presentation: The customer receives a line-item breakdown showing exactly how much they are paying for their regular lawn maintenance versus the special auxiliary area.