Professional Gardeners
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Justice
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£2.50
jevs
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Between £12 and £15 an hour.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Would that be for an UPHILL gardener?
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Oh you CRACK me up.
We had a Brinsbury trained guy, knew all about trees, shrubs etc etc, very good but cost a few quid, about £140 a day, that was about a 6 hour day and clearing grass cuttings etc. (in Arundel)
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jevs
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Is that for mowing and using the gardners own mower
I was doing a private job 2 years ago, mainly cutting the grass but a bit of hedge cutting and weeding for a rich old lady and i was charging £13 an hour but i was using her mower and my hand tools.
LamieRobertson
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jakarta
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10 pages plus, all the usual class warriors to the fore...
£12.50 per hour here in Sullington btw.
£12.50 per hour here in Sullington btw.
jevs
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I think the price will depend on whether or not the gardener is doing it as his business or as someone who wants a bit of cash for the pub at the weekend (which is what i was doing)
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Paying a gardener by an hourly rate i always thought isn't a good gauge of what will get done, i was very swift and getting my dibber in deep and fast, where as your older guy's dibber to hand speed can be very different.
If you know what i mean.
LamieRobertson
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I do indeed.
Lawn mowing I wouldn't quote an hourly rate....three lawnmowers plus strimmer and not cheap equipment.. ..then its a question of how long the grass is...will it be regular work or one off..do they want grass taking away ..how far away...bit of pruning work is a bit vague ..again for me i have some decent equipment that can do a job efficiently and quick....etc etc ...its never an easy answer when someone rings and asks about prices.
If you can find some semi retired chap or someone doing a bit of private work and they will want cash in hand then its always going to be cheaper ..
LamieRobertson
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then u r lucky....but then it will vary depending on where you live etc etc
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Okay, it's just i was charging £12.00/ hour back in the eighties, but i did have a few Honda's rotary's to run, oh how i miss that dust cloud following me around on a dry summer!
LamieRobertson
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So say you get someone on an hourly rate of £15 then you are asking him to cut it for a fiver...good on them if they want to do it for that
