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  Cesare Harradine June 10, 2010 at 3:48pm

  Excellent job. You have demonstrated why a proper gardener is worth a lot more the £10ph. I've had a few clients biting their lips at the prospect of having their lawn re-turfed. I tell them to give me a month and see what happens.
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  Paula Hale June 10, 2010 at 4:06pm

  Hi Cesare
  
  I only charge £12 per hour, think maybe I should put my prices up a bit! I work on my own and do general garden maintenance/planting/lawns etc. Like you said, I tend to give it a month and start with the less expensive options - aerating, seeding, top dressing etc. Customers tend not to go for re-turfing because of the cost.
  
  Cesare Harradine said:

  Excellent job. You have demonstrated why a proper gardener is worth a lot more the £10ph. I've had a few clients biting their lips at the prospect of having their lawn re-turfed. I tell them to give me a month and see what happens.
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  Cesare Harradine June 10, 2010 at 5:53pm

  £12ph is cheap! It depends on which part of the country you opperate in but in West London I base my maintence quotes at between £20 and £30 ph. This includes diposal of the average amount of waste I can expect and the use of the average amount of fertilizers and weed killers. It also takes in to account travelling time. However, I do have to add that London is very expensive to do business in and it can take ages to get anywhere. I have heard of gardeners charging up to £50ph to work in town.
  
  Paula Hale said:

  Hi Cesare
  
  I only charge £12 per hour, think maybe I should put my prices up a bit! I work on my own and do general garden maintenance/planting/lawns etc. Like you said, I tend to give it a month and start with the less expensive options - aerating, seeding, top dressing etc. Customers tend not to go for re-turfing because of the cost.
  
  Cesare Harradine said:

  Excellent job. You have demonstrated why a proper gardener is worth a lot more the £10ph. I've had a few clients biting their lips at the prospect of having their lawn re-turfed. I tell them to give me a month and see what happens.
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  Paula Hale June 10, 2010 at 6:02pm

  I'm in North West England right on the coast, north of Liverpool. I think the average around here is about £15 per hour. I have virtually no travelling time as all of my regular customers are local. I will get rid of some rubbish but most tends to end up in green wheelie bins.
  
  Cesare Harradine said:

  £12ph is cheap! It depends on which part of the country you opperate in but in West London I base my maintence quotes at between £20 and £30 ph. This includes diposal of the average amount of waste I can expect and the use of the average amount of fertilizers and weed killers. It also takes in to account travelling time. However, I do have to add that London is very expensive to do business in and it can take ages to get anywhere. I have heard of gardeners charging up to £50ph to work in town.
  
  Paula Hale said:

  Hi Cesare
  
  I only charge £12 per hour, think maybe I should put my prices up a bit! I work on my own and do general garden maintenance/planting/lawns etc. Like you said, I tend to give it a month and start with the less expensive options - aerating, seeding, top dressing etc. Customers tend not to go for re-turfing because of the cost.
  
  Cesare Harradine said:

  Excellent job. You have demonstrated why a proper gardener is worth a lot more the £10ph. I've had a few clients biting their lips at the prospect of having their lawn re-turfed. I tell them to give me a month and see what happens.
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  Paula Hale June 10, 2010 at 6:03pm

  Someone who knows what SHE is doing :) Made me smile
  
  Gaynor Witchard said:

  Wow - that's brilliant! What a difference! Someone who knows what he's doing...
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  Roy Robbins June 10, 2010 at 9:37pm

  As Cesare mentioned so much depends on where one works. We operate in what is euphemistically know as the Surrey stockbroker belt and charge a fixed price for the job never an hourly rate. This equates to a minimum of £30 ph+. That said cost of living here is on a par with central London.
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  Paula Hale June 10, 2010 at 11:07pm

  Hi Roy
  
  Living and working in the North, obviously rates are a lot less than the south east. All of my customers are regulars and are happy with me doing 1 or 2 hours a week for £12 hour. I'm happy with that for now, am considering studying for the RHS Level 2 certificate - may put rates up a bit if I pass it. :)
  
  Roy Robbins said:

  As Cesare mentioned so much depends on where one works. We operate in what is euphemistically know as the Surrey stockbroker belt and charge a fixed price for the job never an hourly rate. This equates to a minimum of £30 ph+. That said cost of living here is on a par with central London.