Home & Property Services
You built this business one yard, one roof, one service call at a time. The paperwork never kept up.
Built From a Truck and a Trailer
Most home and property service businesses start the same way. You had a skill, a truck, and maybe a trailer. You did good work. People told their neighbors. Before long you had more calls than you could handle on your own, so you hired someone. Then another. Then you bought a second truck.
Somewhere in all that growth, the financial side of the business got left behind. You were too busy running crews and taking on new customers to sit down and organize receipts. The QuickBooks file your buddy helped you set up three years ago hasn’t been touched. Tax season is a scramble every single year. You know the money is coming in, but you couldn’t tell someone exactly where it all went.
Who This Covers
Who This Covers
Landscapers, lawn care companies, roofers, pest control operators, pool service businesses, pressure washers, irrigation specialists, tree services, and gutter companies. Any home or property service business in the Jacksonville area that sends crews out to job sites.
The Starting Point
The Starting Point
Most of the business owners we work with in this space are past the startup phase. Revenue is real, the customer base is growing, but the books are a mess. Some are months behind. Some are years behind. Either way, we start by getting you current.
Still on the Route
You are not sitting in an office. You are on the truck, on the roof, at the job site. Maybe you’ve stepped back from doing the physical work yourself, but you’re still quoting jobs, managing crews, handling complaints, and picking up materials. That doesn’t leave a lot of room for reconciling bank statements.
The financial work either falls to a spouse, an office manager who’s also answering phones and doing scheduling, or nobody at all. It piles up. And the longer it piles up, the harder it gets to untangle.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
We categorize transactions, reconcile your accounts, and close your books every month. You get financial statements that actually reflect what happened. Your CPA gets a clean file at tax time instead of a disaster.
Catching Up on the Backlog
Catching Up on the Backlog
If you’re behind, that’s where we start. Months or years of unreconciled books, missing transactions, and messy records. We clean it all up and get you current so you can move forward on solid ground.
Where Things Go Sideways
Home and property service businesses have a few financial quirks that cause real problems when they’re ignored. Equipment purchases get expensed instead of depreciated. Fuel and vehicle costs get lumped together instead of tracked properly. Subcontractors get paid all year without a W-9 on file, and then January rolls around and nobody has the information needed to file 1099s.
The other common issue is cash flow. You might have a great month in revenue but still feel broke because you bought a new mower, stocked up on chemicals, and payroll hit the same week. Without a clear picture of what’s coming in and going out, every month feels like a guessing game.
Equipment and Vehicle Expenses
Equipment and Vehicle Expenses
A new zero-turn mower or a work truck is not just an expense. It’s a depreciable asset. Getting this wrong means you’re either overpaying in taxes or creating problems down the road. We track these correctly from the start and make sure your CPA has what they need to maximize deductions.
Subcontractor Paperwork
Subcontractor Paperwork
If you’re paying people as subcontractors, you need W-9s on file and you need to file 1099s at year end. We track who’s been paid, collect the necessary forms throughout the year, and handle the filings so you’re not scrambling or exposed to penalties.
What Clean Books Get You
When the books are clean and current, you start making better decisions. You can see which services bring in the best margins. You can plan for equipment purchases instead of reacting. You know what you can afford to pay a new crew member before you make the hire. Growth stops being a leap of faith and starts being a calculated move.
Tax season stops being a crisis. Your CPA gets organized financials and can focus on saving you money instead of spending hours sorting through a mess. Quarterly estimates are set correctly so you’re not blindsided in April. The stress drops and you get back to doing what you’re actually good at.
Financial Visibility
Financial Visibility
Monthly reports that show you where the money went. A clear picture of profit that you can trust. This is the difference between running a business and guessing at one. You’ll know your numbers well enough to make real decisions about hiring, pricing, and expansion.
Your Evenings Back
Your Evenings Back
No more late nights trying to figure out QuickBooks. No more dreading tax season or avoiding the pile of receipts on the kitchen counter. You hand us the books and we handle it. You focus on customers, crews, and growing the business.
The First Coast's Trusted Bookkeeping Partner
The Next Step:
A Free Discovery Call
Tell us where things stand with your books. Whether you're months behind or just looking for reliable bookkeeping going forward, we'll give you an honest assessment and a clear price.