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Did I read this right? 30 pence to prune shubs or clear beds, per m2?
I'd stay home for that rate...
Yeah i agree with Paul, that rate does seem very low. I couldn't imagine to think what the margins on such jobs would be after waste removal, fuel, labour etc.
Maybe send them a quotation back instead of following their pricing? I've had contractors do that to me to try and get me to work for a lower rate instead of what i normally charge.
You'll struggle to deliver a "quality job", meaning Prime Contractor could hold back monies, yet still get an even 'cheaper & cheerful' job done at your expense.
I forgot to mention, that includes removal of waste.
Out of interest as a rough guide where should it be on that scale of works? Assuming it's all hand held equipment from ground level.
I subcontract to 3 companies and that is the rate for prune work, i get 0.33p per meter. Some beds are easier than others, even some beds have no shrubs in them!! A hard working operative can cover 700 sqm a day, so depends on efficient your men are, you can make money out it. I Just completed a contract for the NHS, 4000sqm at 0.33p oer meter, completed in two days with 3 men - not bad I dont think
also depends whether there is ladder work or all on the ground how wide the hedges are you know how difficult it is to clear the top of a wide hedge, i would think the contractor will be charging about £1 per M2
All of the work priced at 0.33p is ground work, anything out the reach of the pole hedge cutter and i tell them to get a tree surgeon in and dont take the piss!!
It is the whole shrub bed, top and sides and clear up. Ive found that two cutting and one clearing is best.
Ive found various tips on saving on the bulk - as you are cutting the tops, cut the growth down by 2" at a time, most of the clippings will then trickle through and fall in to the middle - virtually nothing to collect from the top. The same can be done at the side, take it in 2" at a time and sometimes but not always can be blown.
Remember it is commercial work so it can be abit rougher and usualy is.
I have a flail which i run over the clippings to reduce the bulk.
Last winter i won a contract for a housing assoc, 15,000sqm at 0.33p. Worked out as £5000. Took me 20 days on my own! During the winter prune you need to turn/grub up the soil around the sides of the bed and edge any lawn.
anything else fire away
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