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Gardening Contractors hourly rate?
How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work
site? TIA |
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Where are you in the UK ???
If you are in the Midlands. You could pay £5 to £8 hr for just a gardener who does it on the side, and who only works in cash, and who does not touch 'machinery, and put all the rubbish in your wheelie bin or behind the bushes at the back of the garden' etc etc. But then again if you need a gardener who does it professionally and who is self employed properly, and who uses his own machinery and petrol, and who takes all the rubbish away, and does not mind being paid by cheque etc etc then you could pay £15 to £25 hr How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work site? TIA |
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£12/hr seems to be the going rate here (South Hams) for a competent
knowlegable gardener who supplies his own tools clears up etc. I know of people who get away with £20/hr but at this level I think you're talking about a horticultural specialist. Going rate for tree surgeons who know about trees is around £180/day, and that is a skilled job with a greater element of risk. David T. "Sacha" wrote in message .uk... On 6/9/05 7:29, in article , "sporty" wrote: Where are you in the UK ??? If you are in the Midlands. You could pay £5 to £8 hr for just a gardener who does it on the side, and who only works in cash, and who does not touch 'machinery, and put all the rubbish in your wheelie bin or behind the bushes at the back of the garden' etc etc. But then again if you need a gardener who does it professionally and who is self employed properly, and who uses his own machinery and petrol, and who takes all the rubbish away, and does not mind being paid by cheque etc etc then you could pay £15 to £25 hr How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work site? TIA Here in the south west we pay about £11 per hour. That seems to be the going rate and he uses his own machinery to cut the lawns, trim hedges etc. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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sporty wrote:
Where are you in the UK ??? If you are in the Midlands. You could pay £5 to £8 hr for just a gardener who does it on the side, and who only works in cash, and who does not touch 'machinery, and put all the rubbish in your wheelie bin or behind the bushes at the back of the garden' etc etc. But then again if you need a gardener who does it professionally and who is self employed properly, and who uses his own machinery and petrol, and who takes all the rubbish away, and does not mind being paid by cheque etc etc then you could pay £15 to £25 hr How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work site? TIA thats about right. I have a chap who does a bit of work for me (for beer money!) most saturdays for £7ph. I have all the equipment. steve |
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"sporty" wrote in message ... Where are you in the UK ??? If you are in the Midlands. You could pay £5 to £8 hr for just a gardener who does it on the side, and who only works in cash, and who does not touch 'machinery, and put all the rubbish in your wheelie bin or behind the bushes at the back of the garden' etc etc. But then again if you need a gardener who does it professionally and who is self employed properly, and who uses his own machinery and petrol, and who takes all the rubbish away, and does not mind being paid by cheque etc etc then you could pay £15 to £25 hr How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work site? TIA I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? TIA |
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On 8/9/05 20:43, in article ,
"Draven" wrote: "sporty" wrote in message ... Where are you in the UK ??? If you are in the Midlands. You could pay £5 to £8 hr for just a gardener who does it on the side, and who only works in cash, and who does not touch 'machinery, and put all the rubbish in your wheelie bin or behind the bushes at the back of the garden' etc etc. But then again if you need a gardener who does it professionally and who is self employed properly, and who uses his own machinery and petrol, and who takes all the rubbish away, and does not mind being paid by cheque etc etc then you could pay £15 to £25 hr How much can I expect to pay, per hour, for a garden contactor for a work site? TIA I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? TIA I don't see how that can be answered easily. It would depend on the size of the site, the work required and the number of workers involved on each day of maintenance. Surely the only way to do that is to say "if you want 10 acres maintained, it will take x number of workers y days a week and they are paid z pounds an hour." -- Sacha (remove the weeds for email) |
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In article , Draven
writes I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Well, here's a radical thought... Why doesn't someone in this LARGE company get out a phone book and ring around a few gardening contractors and ask them to come and give a quote for maintenance. It isn't going to cost you anything to do this, and it takes away what can at best be expected by any urg inhabitants; vague guesswork. -- Flower Bobdew South Facing Garden South West: UK |
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On 10/9/05 11:53 am, in article , "Flower
Bobdew" wrote: In article , Draven writes I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Well, here's a radical thought... Why doesn't someone in this LARGE company get out a phone book and ring around a few gardening contractors and ask them to come and give a quote for maintenance. It isn't going to cost you anything to do this, and it takes away what can at best be expected by any urg inhabitants; vague guesswork. I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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In article , Sacha
writes On 10/9/05 11:53 am, in article , "Flower Bobdew" wrote: In article , Draven writes I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Well, here's a radical thought... Why doesn't someone in this LARGE company get out a phone book and ring around a few gardening contractors and ask them to come and give a quote for maintenance. It isn't going to cost you anything to do this, and it takes away what can at best be expected by any urg inhabitants; vague guesswork. I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. LOL! Well, uh, there you go... 'Vague guesswork' in action!! -- Flower Bobdew South Facing Garden South West: UK |
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The message k
from Sacha contains these words: I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. Well, there's a novel concept, the professional contractor who doesn't know the going rate for his job :-) Just imagine the invoice "Garden maintenance for September; 56 hours." Tick your preferred payment method :- £20 per hour, deferred until pig lands. £10 per hour cash, forget the VAT Box of chocs and a big kiss Janet |
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"Sacha" wrote in message .uk... On 10/9/05 11:53 am, in article , "Flower Bobdew" wrote: In article , Draven writes I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Well, here's a radical thought... Why doesn't someone in this LARGE company get out a phone book and ring around a few gardening contractors and ask them to come and give a quote for maintenance. It isn't going to cost you anything to do this, and it takes away what can at best be expected by any urg inhabitants; vague guesswork. I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) Sacha, You're dead right. I have the gardening contract for a Wessex Water site. I get paid one lump sum for the contract and any work, not covered by the contract, I can either charge by the hourly rate or a whole sum for the job in hand. I am not a gardening professional (in fact I'm a Scientist) but have been gardening for 25 years. The previous gardening contractors became more and more lapse in the upkeep of the site, which is why I was offered the contract. I recently had to reduce the height of a Laurel hedge, on health and safety grounds, and opted for £12 per hour. Which, according to your replies, is about right. The boss was well pleased. |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message k from Sacha contains these words: I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. Well, there's a novel concept, the professional contractor who doesn't know the going rate for his job :-) Just imagine the invoice "Garden maintenance for September; 56 hours." Tick your preferred payment method :- £20 per hour, deferred until pig lands. £10 per hour cash, forget the VAT Box of chocs and a big kiss Janet No chance of a good hard shag then. ;O) |
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:00:01 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 10/9/05 11:53 am, in article , "Flower Bobdew" wrote: In article , Draven writes I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Well, here's a radical thought... Why doesn't someone in this LARGE company get out a phone book and ring around a few gardening contractors and ask them to come and give a quote for maintenance. It isn't going to cost you anything to do this, and it takes away what can at best be expected by any urg inhabitants; vague guesswork. I rather thought Draven to be the gardening contractor who is wondering what he should be charging. So he could still phone around the competition anyway and ask the question? |
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Draven wrote:
I'm in the West (Bristol) and would like to expand the question. How much would a LARGE company expect to pay a gardening contractor to maintain the company site? Assuming the large company expects the gardener to carry professional indemnity insurance, and to be able to maintain a service in the envet of injury or illness, I'd say much the same as any other tradesman: 25 to 35 quid an hour. For a more flexible approach, with no fixed dates of attendance and no defined performance standards, perhaps it would be possible to get it done for under 20. But a large site will generate a lot of disposal problems which may have to be negotiated separately. |
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