asked to do some general gardening(!)....WWJD?
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So i've been asked to do some general gardening....we are talking 3000SQM, on a sloping hill....
All tools will be provided, and its basically grass cutting hedge trimming etc....
how much do you think I should ask for? I reckon £20 p/hour...mrs says that is a bit too cheap!
What thinks you?
ET
All tools will be provided, and its basically grass cutting hedge trimming etc....
how much do you think I should ask for? I reckon £20 p/hour...mrs says that is a bit too cheap!
What thinks you?
ET
To be honest, I'd only pay 20 for a time-served landscape gardener doing technical landscape work or big works (digging and building ponds etc). 20 sounds a bit steep for general care. I'd want a super-perfect stripy lawn and a hedge in the shape of a mating ostrich for that.
Of course usual caveats apply, cheaper up north etc etc.
Of course usual caveats apply, cheaper up north etc etc.
The Gardeners Guild suggests £15-30ph if you are insured, provide tools, and have experience, licenses and qualifications.
In your circumstances anything from minimum wage to the tenner suggested by other posters sounds reasonable.
In your circumstances anything from minimum wage to the tenner suggested by other posters sounds reasonable.
extraT said:
So i've been asked to do some general gardening....we are talking 3000SQM, on a sloping hill....
All tools will be provided, and its basically grass cutting hedge trimming etc....
how much do you think I should ask for? I reckon £20 p/hour...mrs says that is a bit too cheap!
What thinks you?
ET
All tools will be provided, and its basically grass cutting hedge trimming etc....
how much do you think I should ask for? I reckon £20 p/hour...mrs says that is a bit too cheap!
What thinks you?
ET
Doing monkey work with someone else's tools.... £20/hour being too cheap is hilarious.
Record the conversation when you ask him for £30 an hour and post it on here, this will be good.
WD39 said:
What would happen if I decide NOT to clear the autumn leaves from my lawn, borders, driveway etc?
It is like tree central round here and somebody said to me today 'Life's too short to clear leaves'.
I tend to agree. Any advice?
Actually I find it quite therapeutic to do little jobs like that. afternoon out in the fresh air, some nice music in the back ground. Occasional cup of coffee brought out to you by the Mrs and the sight of a job well done at the end of it. Bit like mowing the lawn but with more bending down and picking up.It is like tree central round here and somebody said to me today 'Life's too short to clear leaves'.
I tend to agree. Any advice?
OP
£10 p/h is about the maximum I would spend on a gardener. Perhaps a few pounds more if they supplied the tools and took away all the waste.
Ask for £15 and I might go for it for an easy life but will be expecting a damn good job, certainly better than I could do.
Ask for £20 and I would politely decline.
Ask for £25 and I would be quite stunned and think it rather presumptuous.
Ask for £30 and it would be the last time we spoke as that would be just plain piss taking.
£10 p/h is about the maximum I would spend on a gardener. Perhaps a few pounds more if they supplied the tools and took away all the waste.
Ask for £15 and I might go for it for an easy life but will be expecting a damn good job, certainly better than I could do.
Ask for £20 and I would politely decline.
Ask for £25 and I would be quite stunned and think it rather presumptuous.
Ask for £30 and it would be the last time we spoke as that would be just plain piss taking.
Rude-boy said:
WD39 said:
What would happen if I decide NOT to clear the autumn leaves from my lawn, borders, driveway etc?
It is like tree central round here and somebody said to me today 'Life's too short to clear leaves'.
I tend to agree. Any advice?
Actually I find it quite therapeutic to do little jobs like that. afternoon out in the fresh air, some nice music in the back ground. Occasional cup of coffee brought out to you by the Mrs and the sight of a job well done at the end of it. Bit like mowing the lawn but with more bending down and picking up.It is like tree central round here and somebody said to me today 'Life's too short to clear leaves'.
I tend to agree. Any advice?
Foliage said:
Its like cleaning etc, none of us like to do it but some nice music on and get it done, then after its done the feeling of a job well done and reward yourself with a beer or a steak or something.
The thought of coffee, music, beer and steak amazingly had me raking away this afternoon.Rude-boy said:
OP
£10 p/h is about the maximum I would spend on a gardener. Perhaps a few pounds more if they supplied the tools and took away all the waste.
Ask for £15 and I might go for it for an easy life but will be expecting a damn good job, certainly better than I could do.
Ask for £20 and I would politely decline.
Ask for £25 and I would be quite stunned and think it rather presumptuous.
Ask for £30 and it would be the last time we spoke as that would be just plain piss taking.
I agree with this- £30 per hour is almost £60k per year based on a 37 hour week, does that provide you (OP) with some perspective? £10 p/h is about the maximum I would spend on a gardener. Perhaps a few pounds more if they supplied the tools and took away all the waste.
Ask for £15 and I might go for it for an easy life but will be expecting a damn good job, certainly better than I could do.
Ask for £20 and I would politely decline.
Ask for £25 and I would be quite stunned and think it rather presumptuous.
Ask for £30 and it would be the last time we spoke as that would be just plain piss taking.
Personally if I was looking to pay someone to do that job I'd have a figure in my mind for getting it done. I wouldn't want to pay £10 per hour if the muppet takes 10 hours to do it. But I'm a tight bd and rarely pay anyone for something I could do myself.
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