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Going rate
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. -- No he is not a student but I think that following all of the advice given, we will make it £10.00 min plus a cup of tea, or two or three :-)) And Ribena or Orange juice for the children if they come over as well ;-)) This is the couple, who a few months after moving in, had their house flooded to above skirting board level. The children were paddling around in their socks!! (Long long long story, but it was the 4th time the pair of houses had been flooded in the 16 years we have been here :-(( many thanks all Mike -- Royal Naval Reunion Eastbourne May 7th - 10th H.M.S.Collingwood Association Reunion Bracklesham Bay May 21st - 24th Nat.Service (RAF) Assoc. Cosford Parade / Social Weekend 25th - 28th June British Pacific Fleet Reunion Birmingham September 17th - 20th |
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