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I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long
just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate |
On 12/5/05 12:50, in article ,
"kate morgan" wrote: I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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from "kate morgan" contains these words: I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. I would have said that was extortionate - unless he was using nail scissors. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha Yes I thought that and sent him on his way. It is difficult to find peeps to do any jobs, in the old days every village had a couple of odd job men happy to earn some extra cash but not any more. I would do it myself but the mower is heavy and I cannot start it :-) I will keep on looking. kate |
"kate morgan" wrote in message m... I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate I think its a reasonable price seeing that u want the grass picked up also remember the guy has to supply machinery and fuel as well as transportation of machinery |
kate morgan wrote:
I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha Yes I thought that and sent him on his way. It is difficult to find peeps to do any jobs, in the old days every village had a couple of odd job men happy to earn some extra cash but not any more. I would do it myself but the mower is heavy and I cannot start it :-) I will keep on looking. kate If you buy a new lawn mower that you can use you could cover the cost of the mower within a couple of cuts at £50 an hour |
On 12/5/05 16:39, in article , "pied
piper" wrote: "kate morgan" wrote in message m... I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate I think its a reasonable price seeing that u want the grass picked up also remember the guy has to supply machinery and fuel as well as transportation of machinery Nonsense! The man that cuts our grass does all that for £11 per hour AND he rakes gravel off the grass first, after the dear itty kiddies parents have watched them chuck it on there! -- Sacha (remove the weeds for email) |
On 12/5/05 16:03, in article ,
"kate morgan" wrote: snip Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha Yes I thought that and sent him on his way. It is difficult to find peeps to do any jobs, in the old days every village had a couple of odd job men happy to earn some extra cash but not any more. I would do it myself but the mower is heavy and I cannot start it :-) I will keep on looking. You don't happen to have a friend or neighbour with a tractor mower they would lend you, do you? Or one with a tractor mower *and* and a youngster happy to earn a few extra drinking vouchers? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
In message , pied piper
writes "kate morgan" wrote in message om... I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate I think its a reasonable price seeing that u want the grass picked up also remember the guy has to supply machinery and fuel as well as transportation of machinery It's not often I employ gardeners because I do it myself. But on a couple of occasions when the nettles have got out of hand we have got a man with his own strimmer to come and do them. He charges £20 an hour, but does a very good job. The first time he came he did the areas I asked and asked for £10 because it hadn't taken long. He got £20 anyway honesty does pay !! I cut an acre and a half of lawn - hmm grass :-)) It takes me about an hour and a half and that is with the grass collected and dumped in a pile. Even allowing for petrol - 1/2 gallon - £2 and depreciation of his machinery it sounds like a rate of pay I would like to earn. Can I do it for half the price please :-)) -- Sue Begg Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! |
"kate morgan" wrote in message m... I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. Did he have a stripy T-shirt, a cocked hat, an eye patch, and a parrot nailed to his shoulder? It wouldn't surprise me. -- Brian "Anyway, if you have been, thanks for listening." |
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 12/5/05 16:39, in article , "pied piper" wrote: "kate morgan" wrote in message m... I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate I think its a reasonable price seeing that u want the grass picked up also remember the guy has to supply machinery and fuel as well as transportation of machinery Nonsense! The man that cuts our grass does all that for £11 per hour AND he rakes gravel off the grass first, after the dear itty kiddies parents have watched them chuck it on there! -- yes but cutting a paddock is a bit more than a 2 bob garden like yours |
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 12/5/05 16:03, in article , "kate morgan" wrote: snip Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha Yes I thought that and sent him on his way. It is difficult to find peeps to do any jobs, in the old days every village had a couple of odd job men happy to earn some extra cash but not any more. I would do it myself but the mower is heavy and I cannot start it :-) I will keep on looking. You don't happen to have a friend or neighbour with a tractor mower they would lend you, do you? Or one with a tractor mower *and* and a youngster happy to earn a few extra drinking vouchers? -- surprised your 11 pound an hour man hasnt got one it was a tractor and topper I was refering to regarding £100 . I certainly wouldnt take my tractor out my yard for less than that amount |
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 12/5/05 12:50, in article , "kate morgan" wrote: I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. kate Prices vary depending on where you live but the chap that cuts our lawns charges £11 per hour and supplies his own equipment. You're being ripped off! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) So are you!!!! I only charge £10!!! :-)) Two hours work £20 plus a bit more if you have to take the cuttings away, Boseley |
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
"kate morgan" : I have a half acre paddock that I want cutting. it is flat and not very long just one or two patches which have got a bit tufty. I want the grass picking up as our little old pony goes in there during the day.My son in law usually does it but he is not available at the moment. it took him two hours approx, The point of my post is that a guy came to look at it yesterday and quoted £100, I think that is a bit much or am I out of touch with prices. I would have said that was extortionate - unless he was using nail scissors. Pay him the £100, issue him with the said nail scissors, and have a "watch the gardener" party. Perhaps it was £100 for the season? |
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