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"Tracey" wrote in message ... Hi All. I hope you don't mind me asking the following question, but I really don't know where else to ask. My fiance is planning on leaving his present employment (he's already a gardener) and setting up by himself, doing garden maintenance, renovations, clearance, hedge reductions etc. He has done quite a bit of research, but doesn't know how much to charge - he doesn't want to go round under-cutting other established gardeners, but then doesn't want to charge too much. We thought perhaps £8-£10 per hour (we are in Midlands region), would be a reasonable charge. Any thoughts or advice on how we could find further help in deciding on costs would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Tracey In my experience as a consumer of such services in Ireland: he can charge just about anything he pleases ;-) Seriously, you could always ring up a number of local contractors and ask them to quote you for a variety of jobs in your own garden. And/or rope in a few friends and relatives to do the same. That should give you a ball park. Just a thought. Good luck! -- Cat(h) The world swirls... |
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"Cat" wrote in message ... "Tracey" wrote in message ... Hi All. I hope you don't mind me asking the following question, but I really don't know where else to ask. My fiance is planning on leaving his present employment (he's already a gardener) and setting up by himself, doing garden maintenance, renovations, clearance, hedge reductions etc. He has done quite a bit of research, but doesn't know how much to charge - he doesn't want to go round under-cutting other established gardeners, but then doesn't want to charge too much. We thought perhaps £8-£10 per hour (we are in Midlands region), would be a reasonable charge. Any thoughts or advice on how we could find further help in deciding on costs would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Tracey In my experience as a consumer of such services in Ireland: he can charge just about anything he pleases ;-) Seriously, you could always ring up a number of local contractors and ask them to quote you for a variety of jobs in your own garden. And/or rope in a few friends and relatives to do the same. That should give you a ball park. Just a thought. Good luck! -- Cat(h) The world swirls... Thanks Cath! I know my auntie's gardener (she's in Scarborough, N.Yorkshire) charges £25 just for mowing her grass, and she doesn't have a particularly big lawn, seems way over-priced to me. Will probably go with ringing a few gardeners up round here and pretend I'm a prospective customer! Tracey |
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