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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd October 2, 2009 at 10:50am

  I would probably charge in the region of £3.5k + Vat for this. This would include spraying off the area with Roundup 4 weeks beforehand, removing top layer of (now dead turf) and rotovating the rest.
  
  The area would then be levelled and soil improver added, and the majority of surface stones removed.
  
  I prefer Q Lawn (http://www.qlawns.co.uk/) to Rowlawn and they seem to be slightly cheaper. In the past I have had quality issues with Rowlawn which was claimed fresh but clearly was several days old and yellowing badly.
  
  I would also do the first couple of cuts thrown in with the price and offer to maintain the lawn in the future if this is what the customer wanted.
  
  My business is based 25 miles West of London which is quite a lucrative market, I wouldn't be able to come close to the £1500 you would like to do the job for!
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 2, 2009 at 9:23pm

  if turf is £750 delivered (trade) you must double at least -
  not worth the trouble 4 less !
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  Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt October 2, 2009 at 10:31pm

  £2600
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  ben ranyard October 2, 2009 at 10:36pm

  £2830 I am in Edinburgh and use Stewarts turf...always seemed v good quality to me.
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  ben ranyard October 2, 2009 at 10:38pm

  ps...to try to do it for much less than £10 m2 usually ends in heartache imo.
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  Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt October 2, 2009 at 11:09pm

  Yep! I've had my fair share of trying to meet the clients price.. Not worth it though. Don't get known for doing the job so cheap. Not that your work is cheap but these prices are in no way overblown. It costs what it costs. Itemise it for them if that helps and if they don't accept kindly refer them to the yellow pages.
  
  ben ranyard said:

  ps...to try to do it for much less than £10 m2 usually ends in heartache imo.
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  Tim Haywood October 3, 2009 at 8:17am

  £10sqm is a good ballpark to aim for. How difficult is the site? If it's just a large rectangle with no beds or overhanging planting then you might be able to complete it more quickly. Steering the rotavator around/underneath existing planting soon gets tiresome and slows things down.
  
  Last week I paid just over £2 sqm for 110sqm of Rolawn collected. Point out that the non-trade price for Rolawn is substantially more and, if you can't mark up by double, charge somewhere between the two.
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  Stephen @ SJS October 3, 2009 at 9:59am

  Appreciate the responses & honesty folks seems we have gone in too cheap (part of the learning curve as they say) a local guy is quoting £4 per square metre think the builder is supplying his turf though !
  
  Cheers
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  Graham Parker October 3, 2009 at 1:07pm

  If he is pricing £4.00 per sq m then all I would say is walk away. Just let the customer have your details for when they require you to come back and do the job properly
  
  Stephen Still said:

  Appreciate the responses & honesty folks seems we have gone in too cheap (part of the learning curve as they say) a local guy is quoting £4 per square metre think the builder is supplying his turf though !
  
  Cheers
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  Sunningdale Turf Supplies October 5, 2009 at 7:52am

  Hi Stephen , collected from us its £1.65 which is the Inturf Classic. I will look into a price for getting it delivered to scotland and let you know asap.