shazzbat3/5/04 11:48
"Mike" wrote in message
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I would hate to embarrass him.
What is the usual hourly rate for skilled or semi-skilled work in your
area?
Perhaps you could ask the local labour exchange or whatever it's called
now!
I think that's the only way you can assess it fairly. Here in Devon,
it's
quite low for un-skilled at around £5.00 per hour. But our builder
charges
about £14.00 per hour, I think.
Thanks for that Sacha. The problem is 'a going rate', if I assess that on
my
rate when I was working, £25.00 - £30.00 and hour, then 'I' wouldn't do it
for £5.00 an hour, but he might be embarrassed if I offered him £20.00 per
hour.
Then logic would suggest £10.00/hr, no? I believe that's about what jobbing
gardeners charge round here. More if it's heavy duty stuff involving
machinery.
We all get on ever so well around here, doing what we can when we can
for each other.
And long may you do so.
I should have thought of this earlier. We have a chap in the village who
does odd job type gardening so I've just rung him. He charges £10.00 per
hour. If he has to use his own lawn mower or hedge cutter he charges for
petrol. In this part of Devon £10 for that sort of work is high-ish but if
the IoW is more prosperous, it's probably fair.
The chap who does our lawns (4 of differing sizes) is helped by his step
mother usually and it probably takes them a couple of hours. His last
invoice was £35.00. I doubt they split it down the middle because he
provides the machinery and does the heavier work. So working on these two
men and the fact that one has an assistant, I reckon that £10 or £12 is
probably fair.
However, literally as I was typing the above, David Poole wandered past the
window and I've asked his advice on this. He reckons for someone with
machinery and experience £10 is about right - for e.g. a student around
£5.50 to £6.
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Sacha
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