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How much should a gardener cost?
Hi All
I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! Can anyone advise me as to how much a good gardener should cost to tidy a small garden as it is a bit overgrown, and then routinely cut it and keep it generally tidy, weeding etc. The garden is about 5m by 10m and is about 2/3 lawn and the rest is a kind of box hedge about 60cm high and then beds to the other 3 sides. It is for my mother who lives in the Bradford region (West Yorkshire) and I want her to get a good professional in who will take everything away and make a nice job of it. Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. Many Thanks Lawnmower Man |
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How much should a gardener cost?
Around here, Bradford, I guess you would expect 5-10 per hour.
I would be inclined to get a fixed price for clearing and getting the garden in an OK state first. "lawnmower man" wrote in message ... Hi All I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! Can anyone advise me as to how much a good gardener should cost to tidy a small garden as it is a bit overgrown, and then routinely cut it and keep it generally tidy, weeding etc. The garden is about 5m by 10m and is about 2/3 lawn and the rest is a kind of box hedge about 60cm high and then beds to the other 3 sides. It is for my mother who lives in the Bradford region (West Yorkshire) and I want her to get a good professional in who will take everything away and make a nice job of it. Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. Many Thanks Lawnmower Man -- lawnmower man |
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How much should a gardener cost?
"lawnmower man" wrote I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! Can anyone advise me as to how much a good gardener should cost to tidy a small garden as it is a bit overgrown, and then routinely cut it and keep it generally tidy, weeding etc. The garden is about 5m by 10m and is about 2/3 lawn and the rest is a kind of box hedge about 60cm high and then beds to the other 3 sides. It is for my mother who lives in the Bradford region (West Yorkshire) and I want her to get a good professional in who will take everything away and make a nice job of it. Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. The one around here charged £15 per hour min £45 two years ago and he wasn't a trained gardener just an odd job man. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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On 12/12/05 15:02, in article , "Rupert"
wrote: Around here, Bradford, I guess you would expect 5-10 per hour. I would be inclined to get a fixed price for clearing and getting the garden in an OK state first. "lawnmower man" wrote in message ... Hi All I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! Can anyone advise me as to how much a good gardener should cost to tidy a small garden as it is a bit overgrown, and then routinely cut it and keep it generally tidy, weeding etc. The garden is about 5m by 10m and is about 2/3 lawn and the rest is a kind of box hedge about 60cm high and then beds to the other 3 sides. It is for my mother who lives in the Bradford region (West Yorkshire) and I want her to get a good professional in who will take everything away and make a nice job of it. Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. Could you try to post directly to and from urg, please? Garden Banter does not have permission from most people here to use their posts and is simply living off the efforts of others. I don't get garden banter posts at all, and I doubt I'm the only one so it might be more helpful to you now and in the future to use urg directly, if you can. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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On 12/12/05 15:58, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote: "lawnmower man" wrote snip Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. The one around here charged £15 per hour min £45 two years ago and he wasn't a trained gardener just an odd job man. That's about the same here now, too. Our chap brings his own machinery, too. But he doesn't garden, as such - he cuts the lawns, does the hedges in autumn, things like that. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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How much should a gardener cost?
Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. The one around here charged £15 per hour min £45 two years ago and he wasn't a trained gardener just an odd job man. That's about the same here now, too. Our chap brings his own machinery, too. But he doesn't garden, as such - he cuts the lawns, does the hedges in autumn, things like that. We have a gem who can do all the basic stuff, he also builds and repairs stone walls, we pay him £10 per.hour plus tea and biscuits when he has done,we get value for money :-) kate Gloucestershire |
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How much should a gardener cost?
That's both of you net nanny owners of this newsgroup had a go now.
Just what is the matter with the pair of you that you BOTH have to 'Have a go' at both the poster and Garden banter? Which one of you is 'Mabel at the Table'? And just remember where she ended up :-(( on a soap. Is that all you think both of you are fit for? AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO HAVE A GO AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Sorry, unable to 'name drop' as to who lived in my house before me :-((((((((( -- .. "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from lawnmower man contains these words: Hi All I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! You aren't looking in the right place. uk .rec.gardening is a usenet newsgroup, and has nothing to do with gardenbanter. You're not seeing the full real newsgroup, just the pitifully mangled clumsy fraction of it which gardenbanter permits you to see. The urg archive also has nothing to do with gardenbanter and is not located on that website. You'll find free public access to the REAL urg archive at http://groups.google.com/ Type the name of the group in the search field. From there. go to advanced search and put in key words of the topic you're looking for; it's self explanatory. Janet |
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How much should a gardener cost?
Depends as to whether you employ a gardener/OAP someone who just does
it in his spare time, and gets paid in cash. Nudge nudge wink wink, don't tell the tax man/employment office/benefits office etc etc. Or a full time gardener, who has a family to keep, and a van and insurance etc etc. The first one you might get for £5/hr. The second one anything from £10/hr upwards. |
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How much should a gardener cost?
"lawnmower man" wrote in message ... Hi All I know this is probably a thread that has been asked before and for this i apologise. I have tried to access the archive but had no luck so here goes!!! Can anyone advise me as to how much a good gardener should cost to tidy a small garden as it is a bit overgrown, and then routinely cut it and keep it generally tidy, weeding etc. The garden is about 5m by 10m and is about 2/3 lawn and the rest is a kind of box hedge about 60cm high and then beds to the other 3 sides. It is for my mother who lives in the Bradford region (West Yorkshire) and I want her to get a good professional in who will take everything away and make a nice job of it. Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. .... The best advice is to get a personal recommendation of a suitable person from somebody living locally. Cost is immaterial if they can't in fact do a satisfactory job. And the only way to find out whether they can or not, is from existing satisfied customers rather than any claims they may make about themselves, in their entry in "Yellow Pages" michael adams .... Many Thanks Lawnmower Man -- lawnmower man |
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How much should a gardener cost?
"gb" wrote in message ... Depends as to whether you employ a gardener/OAP someone who just does it in his spare time, and gets paid in cash. Nudge nudge wink wink, don't tell the tax man/employment office/benefits office etc etc. Or a full time gardener, who has a family to keep, and a van and insurance etc etc. The first one you might get for £5/hr. The second one anything from £10/hr upwards. The second sometimes does a nudge nudge wink wink as well. |
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How much should a gardener cost?
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:40:56 +0000, Sacha wrote:
the person who looks after the local churchyard........ They get paid nothing! |
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On 12/12/05 19:40, in article ,
"Saxman" wrote: On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:40:56 +0000, Sacha wrote: the person who looks after the local churchyard........ They get paid nothing! Really? Where is that? You mean whoever does it, does it for love? AFAIK, sextons get paid, surely? However, they might be willing to do such work themselves or know people who do. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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How much should a gardener cost?
"Sacha" wrote after "Bob Hobden" answered "lawnmower man" snip Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. The one around here charged £15 per hour min £45 two years ago and he wasn't a trained gardener just an odd job man. That's about the same here now, too. Our chap brings his own machinery, too. But he doesn't garden, as such - he cuts the lawns, does the hedges in autumn, things like that. This guy did painting and decorating as well as tidying up gardens but couldn't prune my neighbours apple trees etc. He now concentrates on the painting and decorating side and there is another "gardener" about now and he appears more professional, unfortunately I have no idea how much he charges. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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How much should a gardener cost?
On 12/12/05 22:24, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote after "Bob Hobden" answered "lawnmower man" snip Any ideas of cost would be really appreciated so i can help her get somebody good. The one around here charged £15 per hour min £45 two years ago and he wasn't a trained gardener just an odd job man. That's about the same here now, too. Our chap brings his own machinery, too. But he doesn't garden, as such - he cuts the lawns, does the hedges in autumn, things like that. This guy did painting and decorating as well as tidying up gardens but couldn't prune my neighbours apple trees etc. He now concentrates on the painting and decorating side and there is another "gardener" about now and he appears more professional, unfortunately I have no idea how much he charges. I think that a 'real' gardener would probably be twice the price but does anyone with the average sized garden need such a person? I'm talking about someone who would run a garden as a housekeeper would run a house, and both are few and far between these days in private houses. Such a gardener would do absolutely *everything* including taking cuttings from his or her employer's plants, raising plants from seed, bringing on veg or fruit for the family's table etc. etc. What most people mean by a gardener nowadays, is someone who cuts the grass, does a bit of weeding as directed and generally keeps things tidy. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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