Rotax100uk wrote in
s.com:

I have been taking on work which at the moment is with retired women
who cant look after their own gardens, i have been to price jobs with
trouble as to how long a job will take me to complete. I have been
charging £10 per hour which most of the retired people are having
trouble with because of there pensions.

As you can see what problem i am faced with, i was just wondering if
anyone hear can advice me what to do with my pricing?

I feel as if i am charging people a high rate of £10 per hour, but i
am not getting any profit out of this


Your time has a value. You have no duty to work for anyone who cannot
afford to pay you properly, and there are people out there who
can afford to.

In my own business (not in gardening), I find that the people who grouch
about prices are not always the people who are actually hard up for
cash!

Be up front about your costs and experience and be prepared to walk away
if the customer can't or won't agree to pay you to get the job done
properly, cover your costs and leave you with enough to eat on! It's
really hard, but you need to be able to do it.

If you give people a 'job price' rather than a cost per hour, it's
easier for them to see exactly how much they will have to pay, (though
you do take a bit of a risk if it takes longer than expected.)

A tenner an hour seems good value to me: I'd pay that for hedgecutting
if I could find anyone who was interested!

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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