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Agreed, been there done that, never do it again!
Dan Frazer Gardening said:
I would say avoid it, I have just learned the hard way of trying to help someone by doing a job on a small budget.
I put a 12 metre ranch style fence up, I did it solely myself, and took me 6&1/2hrs, the woman said she was happy with it before I left, I did require to top up the post holes with more postcrete, the woman said she would grab another bag and give me a shout, when I followed up to see if she got it, she said not to bother, she said she wasn't happy with it and that she started taking it down. try trying to hold a spirit level, a panel in place and put a screw in and drill it in with a gun, its a 2 man job, but I thought I could do a reasonable job for her, which I thought I did, I admit maybe some panels were off line, it really is a two-man job. but I have insisted on correcting it, but it will cost me more than what I got to do it, to get a joiner guy I know to help me remedy it!
As Dragon Jones will say - Its not failure, only feedback, and its a lesson I wont repeat.
Anyway - Don't do it, save yourself :-)
You can only ever have 2 of the following 3
quality
fast
cheap
if she wants quality and cheap, then the plants will be very small, so they won't grow fast
if she wants fast results and cheap, - then the plants, can't be good quality.
I always go for Quality, - and let the client choose which of the others is most important to them