Removing Leylandii

[slim reaper]

cut down and leave the stumps which were groved with the bar of the saw and apparently herbicide was applied.

This is about the only situation where lactose based herbicide would work

 

[Silverwood]

Sounds pretty cheap......

[Mortimer Firewood]

Hi folks I'm new to the forum so please excuse my lack of experience / knowledge.

 

I was removing a Leylandii hedge for my in laws and got talking to their neighbours who had just had 6 Leylandii trees / hedge removed. The trees in question were around the 14-16 foot mark. He had 2 guys for 1 day removing them and was charged £2750.00 the work included cut down and leave the stumps which were groved with the bar of the saw and apparently herbicide was applied.

The in laws hedge was around the 7ft mark and I had them all down in about 4 hrs (7 trees).

 

I was wondering if this was the going rate for this type of work the guys were removing all the arisings off site in a transit (apart from all the larger limbs and trunks that were dumped in the tree plantation at the back of the properties).

 

I used to be a contracts estimator (local authority) for grounds maintenance & soft and hard landscaping contracts and have tried pricing this up but can't seem to get anywhere near that price as it seems on the high side.

As I said at the start I'm new to this type of work and I don't want to sell myself short on the other hand I don't want to be ripping a potential customer off and risk losing the work.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Leylandii will not grow back once cut down plus Marks right either a new caravan or Daughter was getting married.

[Acg128]

I thought it was rather steep but was giving them the benefit of the doubt. He seemed to be ok with the price as the guysv were working in another garden a few doors up and they had got quotes from others. He has another 2 hedges that I think he wants removed so I'll have a chat with him and give him a good honest price and remove all the arisings off site and not fly tip them.

 

£2700 each for cash then, not a penny less.. Make sure all the wood stays on site. Could offer to do the stump grinding for an extra £5000 but only if all the grindings are left on site too.

[Acg128]

I reckon he will be fine with that price as you were working even closer..

[bazoo132]

I knew that the herbicide wouldn't make any odds but didn't have the heart to tell him that it will make no difference.

[leafcut]

The price is fairly self-explanatory.

They needed a new caravan.

 

 

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Love it !

[Adam M]

Horrible.

[JimM]

Even if the hedge was on an island, infested with pyracantha, razor wire, used needles and being serenaded by a naked Scotsman playing the bagpipes it should of been that much....

 

 

No way I'm doing it naked, but perhaps doing it in a kilt will get the next price up a bit. Must put that in my method statement.

[born2trot]

Six tiny conifers , it's verging on crime of the century that ..