"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
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My daughter and son in law need a gardener just to keep their garden tidy,
you know the sort of thing cutting the lawn and the odd bit of pruning,
nothing heavy. They have approached several people and the charges are £25
per hour but the gardeners wont do less than 2 hours work. The family
are
in Edinburgh, any comments, surely that a bit expensive.

kate

Try and find one that already had clients in your immediate area. That way
their travelling costs are shared.

We hired a gardener to cut our lawns regularly. He gave us a very good rate
because our house was at the entrance of a big housing estate and he knew
he'd get lots of business as a result of parking his van outside.