"A.Lee" wrote in message
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+mrcakey wrote:

"A.Lee" wrote in message
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+mrcakey wrote:

And the really expensive bit - laying the path. It's about 25ft long
and
about 2ft wide and we're planning on slabs over sand. We've been
quoted
£900 for this (£600 for labout - 4 days). My girlfriend's thinking is
that

They are taking the ****. (assuming this is slabs, and not natural
stone
flags)
For a garden path of ~25ft long, I'd charge around £200, and possibly
less, depending on access and removal of old materials.


All the old materials will be gone - just soil left.
Are you in the Manchester area by any chance?!!!!

Unfortunately, no, I'm in Leicester.
As I'm cheap, I've not been having trouble getting work recently, so am
now booked up for at least 4 weeks in advance.
(and I'm not cheap because I do a cowboy job, I keep my costs down, live
on a pittance, and work all hours. I also dont advertise, all my work is
word of mouth from satisfied customers passing on my details.)
Alan.


Alan you don't need to be cheap in Leicester

Leicester is a very rich City and quality workmanship can be paid with very
generous rewards.

I know because I spent quite some time in Leicester and made a lot of money
there 'thank you very much'.

Don't sell yourself cheap. It makes it difficult to put your prices up.

BTW, 4 weeks is not very good :-(( What then?

Mike