Gardening rate per hour?

[mowingjamie]

hi guys, im self employed doing grass cutting etc with ride on to large houses and large commercial grounds, i just do grass cutting and leaf clearence thats all, rest of my time spent renovating property, i charge £28-£32 per hour for ride on work and £20 per hour for strimming, leaf blowing etc which im more than happy with. On one of the jobs the customer has asked if i can recomend someone to look after the plants, weeding, take cuttings etc so i have said my mother might be intrested as shes a very keen gardener but has never taken the leap to make it a job, so to get her started this job would be perfect, 2 afternoons a week or 1 day which suits her as she can keep her part time job but not sure what to ask for her time doing these tasks, she would need to supply the fork, spade, hand tools for the job. Would £15 per hour in south wales sound ok or more like £12? Dont want to sound like were taking the piss as its a very good job for me and defently dont want to loose it but want it to make my mother a good fair waige.

 

Any thoughts would be very welcome. Jamie

[Starscream]

Price it per job. Don't sell time as you're then bound to it. Your mum might be able to bosh it out in 1/2 a day, but if you've quoted 8 hours you gotta stay there and make yourself look busy.

[mowingjamie]

This customer wont accept priced jobs, tried that many times with my work, per hour cost or no work im affraid. Allways worked well for me on this one.

[Starscream]

Ok. Skill dependant, £12ph is £96 a day. There's lads at work who are machines with an exceptional plant knowledge and earn £80 a day (I'm in London). To supply only hand tools I'd say £10ph is fair.

[mendiplogs]

Ok. Skill dependant, £12ph is £96 a day. There's lads at work who are machines with an exceptional plant knowledge and earn £80 a day (I'm in London). To supply only hand tools I'd say £10ph is fair.

 

Hi star there people around here getting over £15)18 per hr thanks Jon

[Starscream]

Hi star there people around here getting over £15)18 per hr thanks Jon

 

Hi john. Like I say though depends what skill level you're at and if you are using power tools. If you just turn up with hand tools and only knowledge of doing your own garden, I don't think it's reasonable to charge more than £10ph

[GTS]

Jamie hi, min 20.00phr as once your costs are paid there's relatively not much in it for your business, all the best

[Starscream]

Jamie hi, min 20.00phr as once your costs are paid there's relatively not much in it for your business, all the best

 

Re-read the original post. It's a job for his mum, not a business venture.

[miker]

if it was a business venture,what would the rate be ?no petrol tools, just looking after beds/borders/pots etc, im thinking about taking on extra help with these things,a good knowledge of plants/flowers etc

[Richard 1234]

Don't go less than £15 an hour