Bladesman Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Sounds about right plus if its just a bit of tidying it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Minimum wage I would want to pay, after all it's only a labouring job, not brain surgery. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Minimum wage I would want to pay, after all it's only a labouring job, not brain surgery. Regards Angel. I take it you do your own gardening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retired Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 It depends on the gardeners curcumstances. If it is a retired or unemployed person doing it for 'spending money' and its only an hour or two then yes. If it is a person with a van and their own equipment then no, £15ph at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 It depends on the gardeners curcumstances. If it is a retired or unemployed person doing it for 'spending money' and its only an hour or two then yes. If it is a person with a van and their own equipment then no, £15ph at least. Angel. Wants to give them barely a gallon of petrol, unless they live next door it wouldn’t even be worth them turning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Minimum wage I would want to pay, after all it's only a labouring job, not brain surgery. Regards Angel. Inn which case you will find you get minimal work of real quality;I expect you get more than minimum wage although I suspect you are no brain surgeon,more like a brown sturgeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Inn which case you will find you get minimal work of real quality;I expect you get more than minimum wage although I suspect you are no brain surgeon,more like a brown sturgeon. No, retired I am happy to say. My gardener is one of my neighbours, he's 83 years young and is a keen gardener. He actualy does it for NOWT, and is brilliant at what he does. Best neighbour ever, and a nice bloke as well. Chuffed to say the council does the large back gardens, so it's a win win situation for me. I can't see the council paying their staff a £10 per hour either. Regards Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retired Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 They may not pay £10 per hour but it will cost them at least £10ph to employ them. Basic wage plus h&s clothing, holiday pay, sick pay, employers NI, equipment and van. I have a village idiot do my weeding twice a year. I pay him £20 a time at it takes him between 1 and 2 hours. He is gratefull and so am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy90 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 £10 per hour? Depends how good they are and how much of a nice job you want doing. But I personally don't think this is silly. My hair dresser gets a higher 'hourly' rate, and they don't have to lug around heavy equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Poppins is likely to faint when she reads this, ask them to have a butchers at their tackle. Old mucky power tools, no wheel barrow, no ladders etc; forget them. My guy has brand new stuff and even has a green bag bin, so that he can throw the stuff in. He cuts a 60 foot long x 7 feet high conifer hedge for £30.00 (3 hours work). The minimum wage guys generally want to use your tools and take ages doing a crap job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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