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03-05-2004, 01:06 PM
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Going rate
shazzbat3/5/04 11:48
"Mike" wrote in message ... I would hate to embarrass him. What is the usual hourly rate for skilled or semi-skilled work in your area? Perhaps you could ask the local labour exchange or whatever it's called now! I think that's the only way you can assess it fairly. Here in Devon, it's quite low for un-skilled at around £5.00 per hour. But our builder charges about £14.00 per hour, I think. Thanks for that Sacha. The problem is 'a going rate', if I assess that on my rate when I was working, £25.00 - £30.00 and hour, then 'I' wouldn't do it for £5.00 an hour, but he might be embarrassed if I offered him £20.00 per hour. Then logic would suggest £10.00/hr, no? I believe that's about what jobbing gardeners charge round here. More if it's heavy duty stuff involving machinery. We all get on ever so well around here, doing what we can when we can for each other. And long may you do so. I should have thought of this earlier. We have a chap in the village who does odd job type gardening so I've just rung him. He charges £10.00 per hour. If he has to use his own lawn mower or hedge cutter he charges for petrol. In this part of Devon £10 for that sort of work is high-ish but if the IoW is more prosperous, it's probably fair. The chap who does our lawns (4 of differing sizes) is helped by his step mother usually and it probably takes them a couple of hours. His last invoice was £35.00. I doubt they split it down the middle because he provides the machinery and does the heavier work. So working on these two men and the fact that one has an assistant, I reckon that £10 or £12 is probably fair. However, literally as I was typing the above, David Poole wandered past the window and I've asked his advice on this. He reckons for someone with machinery and experience £10 is about right - for e.g. a student around £5.50 to £6. -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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