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charges for gardeners, again, it keeps coming around :-)
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... There are two sorts of people in the trade, it seems to me. Young people with a family who will work hard and quickly, efficiently, and to a plan. They will need the sort of figure you are quoting, maybe up to £35 per hour, to deal with the plant investment and replacement, training (seen the chainsaw regulations?), insurance, rubbish regulations, time off and non-productive time. Then there are the old sods who like pottering round in other people's gardens and who charge up to £10 an hour, where they get bugger all done in that time, and tend to do what they want not what you want. It's the difference in trimming a hedge in 3 hours or 3 days, and whether the clippings get taken away. Which is best? but its only cutting a bit of grass which would go on the compost heap and a few twigs that would burn, not doing a big job. kate If its that simple do it yourself if u want a proper job done then pay a professional . Im sure u wouldnt object paying that amount for a roofer,brickie,chippie,plumber etc etc a gardener is just as skilled and has the same overheads . What would be left after tax ni transport fuel etc etc . Its ok for the odd jobbers who top up their pensions and just doddle about but for the self employed who need to make a living out of it u need to charge the going rate. I wouldnt take anything on that was less than 5k per year. And I find people like u quite insulting to the trade. |
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