Anyone care to quote from a picture?

[bob]

Its a hedge! it will just look less tall, is that stupid:confused1:

 

I've reduced them by 80% and they did fine

 

why does that not supprise me :001_smile:

[Husqvarna King]

:confused1:would only take an hour i would say £150.....they are not as tall as they seem if that little ladder is 16ft then they are only 25ft.... its a piece of cake...if i priced that at more than £200 round here i would be laughed at

[Dean Lofthouse]

Our tip has a min charge of £36. That takes the job down to £244

 

You can tip on my chip pile for £20, it costs me nothing

 

£120 if I had a few other little jobs to fit in with it and £175 if I didn't

 

Look at the gorilla bucket in the forground for scale, it's a small job

[Lee Winger]

My guess is around these parts a job like that would be undertaken for around £100-£120, and thats no joke!!

[Rupe]

:confused1:would only take an hour i would say £150.....they are not as tall as they seem if that little ladder is 16ft then they are only 25ft.... its a piece of cake...if i priced that at more than £200 round here i would be laughed at

 

The way I look at stuff is not how long it would take but how many of them you would do in a day in different locations not too far apart.

 

If your saying it would only take an hour then that means you would do eight of them in a day?

 

150*8 =1200 thats a lot for a day!!

 

The fact that your pricing it at 150 means you know full well its a third to a half (maybe half a friday) of a day, as you would only do two or three of them in a day, so lets step pretending its an hours work, theres no such thing as an hours work!

[Tom D]

Thing is, when you quote for jobs like those you are competing with a whole load of landscaper / gardener types for whom that is a big job and with their lower overheads they can often do it for less . I put a price on that I am happy with, If I don't get it then I wont be upset. I do get miffed sometimes when I loose out on bigger jobs but for the sake of 280 quid its not worth worrying.

[Lee Winger]

What I want to know is how many hours have you wasted looking at and not getting poxy jobs like the above!!

 

I charge for domestic quotes further than 4 miles out, these days...

 

And if I 'ever' again hear the word conifer i'll just put the phone down on them !! haha

[Dean Lofthouse]

150*8 =1200 thats a lot for a day!!

 

 

You work eight hour days

 

Basic "non climbing" jobs like that are booked as half a day at £175 for me and a groundie, bring ropes into it and the rate goes up, bring lowering ropes into it and the rate goes up again.

 

And there is such a thing as an hours work at £60 per hour, including travelling time and tipping time because you can't teleport to a job

[Tom D]

 

And if I 'ever' again hear the word conifer i'll just put the phone down on them !! haha

 

Im quite jealous, would love to be able to turn work away, although a job like that is pretty easy, its when they want 4' off a thick conifer hedge and the stems are just too thick for the hedger that I'd really like to tell them to get someone else.

[Rupe]

You work eight hour days Well thats always the intention, staff work 8 hours so thats how things are priced.

 

Basic "non climbing" jobs like that are booked as half a day at £175 for me and a groundie, bring ropes into it and the rate goes up, bring lowering ropes into it and the rate goes up again. Sounds about right, bit low but the odd friday like that is good.

 

And there is such a thing as an hours work at £60 per hour, including travelling time and tipping time because you can't teleport to a job

 

Exactly so how much "work" would get done in that time?