going it alone???

[ledders666]

also get a bit of work from local estate agents.

 

get an A4 sheet made up, saying what you can do n drop it into em.

 

if you go out n look, do a good job at reasonable rates, there's work out there.

 

what work do you get off esate agents, never though of that

[Rob D]

I would start off gardening in March and use that to pad out the treework. I don't know about going alone in order to do treework in March though..... I find March and April time is the very leanest time for treework (after all it's prob the worst time to prune trees).

 

Autumn time always the busiest for me

[simonm]

cheers for that matey its grately appreciated

[DN22 Gardening]

estate agents, love em

 

so far had two emergancy jobs.

 

and half a dozen "garden blitz's"

 

got ot look at a job friday, garden cleaence, new fence, and conny hedge trim.

 

best thing is, once they know you do a good job, they won't quibble about price, as they pass it directly onto the landlord

[Johny Walker]

where do u get rid of all waste? theres loadz of farms round ere was thinking bout knocking on sum doors and seeing if i cud get permission to tip...also do u advertise in local paper etc?

 

where abouts in leeds are you based

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

I think leaflets are a cheap and effective means of advertising. I know its what build my business before i could afford to advertise in papers etc.

 

What ever you do expect to work crazy hours quoting maintenance paper work even the smallest of business will have lots to do.

 

Again insuring yourself is the most important thing to do as it protects you and your customers and to not have it is just wrong.

 

Best of luck

[Stuart A-C]

Never burn your bridges! Keep in contact with people you have subbied/worked for in the past, you never know when they/you will need a hand on big jobs. I get quite a lot of work for the company I work for now just through a good rep I had as a subbie.