Anyone interested in removing this oak?

[topchippyles]

4 hours ago, Clutchy said:

I think the real real question is 

 

Did they turn up on time?

Did they break anything? 

Were they professional? 

Did they clean up well? 

 

If all of the above is good then the OP has done well and can't be faulted IMO 

 

Thanks for the update.

 

Oh one more question... did you have to pay cash? 

And some quoted 2k for the same job ?

Edited April 15, 2021 by topchippyles

[muttley9050]

And some quoted 2k for the same job ?

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[Mark Bolam]

We don’t know the full story Les, none of us were there.

 

I can guarantee I’ve done jobs for £1k that I should have put £2k on back in the day.

 

Looked a fairly straightforward big day to me, but lack of access pics didn’t help.

 

Glad you got it sorted OP, thanks for following up.

[topchippyles]

9 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

We don’t know the full story Les, none of us were there.

 

I can guarantee I’ve done jobs for £1k that I should have put £2k on back in the day.

 

Looked a fairly straightforward big day to me, but lack of access pics didn’t help.

 

Glad you got it sorted OP, thanks for following up.

Think we have all be guilty of that at some point mark. Even the busiest of firms will go through quiet spells and bills need paying but its soul destroying working for half the real price. 

[LK12]

On 15/04/2021 at 19:03, Clutchy said:

I think the real real question is 

 

Did they turn up on time?

Did they break anything? 

Were they professional? 

Did they clean up well? 

 

If all of the above is good then the OP has done well and can't be faulted IMO 

 

Thanks for the update.

 

Oh one more question... did you have to pay cash? 

They turned up on time first thing in the morning

 

Didn't break anything and were extremely professional. A team of 4 and they cleaned up very well.

 

There were no payment requirements

Edited April 24, 2021 by LK12

[trigger_andy]

They turned up on time first thing in the morning
 
Didn't break anything and were extremely professional. A team of 4 and they cleaned up very well.
 
There were no payment requirements

Can’t believe a team of 4 worked for so little. If you ignore the operational costs that’s just over £250 each for the day.

Madness.

[Mick Dempsey]

3 of them would not have got 250 a day.

[trigger_andy]

8 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

3 of them would not have got 250 a day.

I realise that. With all the overheads, fuel, insurance, rent, maintenance, consumables, PPE etc etc. The main man might get £250 and the rest get pennies. 

 

Imagine working in London, or anywhere really for that kind of pay? Its madness how little people value their time, knowledge and skills. 

[Mike Hill]

1 hour ago, trigger_andy said:

I realise that. With all the overheads, fuel, insurance, rent, maintenance, consumables, PPE etc etc. The main man might get £250 and the rest get pennies. 

 

Imagine working in London, or anywhere really for that kind of pay? Its madness how little people value their time, knowledge and skills. 

Its cutting down a stump mate. "Plenty of fat on the chops" for £750 even in London.Considering the only specialist kit required was a stump grinder, the arisings could have all been hauled away on a hired trailer behind a ford mondeo bought from autotrader for £500.

 

 

[trigger_andy]

10 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Its cutting down a stump mate. "Plenty of fat on the chops" for £750 even in London.Considering the only specialist kit required was a stump grinder, the arisings could have all been hauled away on a hired trailer behind a ford mondeo bought from autotrader for £500.

 

 

At what point in this whole thread where you lead to believe it’s just a Stump Grinding job? 🤷‍♂️