Alex Hodges

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Business name

Woodham and sons

Business address

66 Hemsby Road

County

Surrey

Postcode

KT9 2DY

Primary telephone number:

07759139432

About you and your business ( please complete)

Small company does anything hard landscaping

Skills ( please complete )

Hard landscaping

Business category

Landscaper

Business Size (based on Turnover)

£0-£50k

Where did you hear about Landscape Juice

Internet

Peter sellers posted a discussion

Planting spade

Looking for a very heavy duty planting spade with a pointed blade for hard stony ground, just for plants not posts so no great depth required. Preferably ergonomic. Any recommendations?

Tim harris replied to Luke brooks's discussion Hose use

"You can use a pipe for 14 days on newly planted plants and 28 days for turf.."

Greenlawns replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"Don't let the situation get any worse . Give the client an ultimatum.. not happened in 25 years, but I've only been stiffed on 2 occasions.. both car dealers .... lost both jobs .. "

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Clive replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"Hi John F,

I never revisit until the first invoice issued has been settled.
that is in my TnCs
i don't care how nice the people are I'm not gonna loose even more money.
Personally I'd serve them an LBA letter before action giving them 7 days to…"

Tom Greener replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"We operate a Pay As You Go service with 0 days credit and Payment Due On Receipt of Invoice printed on every invoice. Our payment options are BACS, Card via Square and Direct Debit via GoCardless. All work fine. We adopted DD to assist poor paying…"

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Kris Baker replied to Peter sellers's discussion Posthole borer for planting

"I've looked at Power Planter augers. They are USA but have started selling in UK, but they are not (yet?) listing the larger diameter ones in UK. The USA ones go up to 9"
powerplanter.co.uk
USA Site:
powerplanter.com
Reommnded cordless drill (for…"

Peter sellers replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"John,
The unanswered email is a red flag in our experience.
Clients seem to think that if they don't engage in dialogue you or the problem will go away.
As mentioned in my previous response re our 30 k debt this was exactly the client's behaviour.…"

Steve replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"I would not continue with any work or get any other contractor involved under yourself. If they don't get paid it could come back to bite you and any working relationships you have built up with them.
At this stage I would remain polite but firm…"

Dylan replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"STOP! Don’t do any more work until the cash flow problem is resolved!
Be respectful you are also experiencing cash flow problems to a degree and really want to finish the garden but you need payment for the first chunk of work.
You may end up not…"

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Stuart Poole replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"Get a card payment machine, it is your money ask for it. If you have installed any items then they are yours to remove. When you arrive on the job tell them you will need payment in full for previous work before you start. If not walk away. If they…"

Glen Stillman replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"I haven't read the thread so apologies if this has been said.
It's one thing for you to be prepared to carry on working if you know/trust the client, but I wouldn't want to get other contractors involved if payment is in doubt. "

Billybop replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"You never know John, suddenly payment for those invoices might land in your account if their cash flow resolves itself. Most of my clients past and present have been very good about paying but I had one guy a few years ago who made no end of…"

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John F replied to John F's discussion Customer Cash Flow dilemma .

"Thanks for the feed back , really appreciated it reassures me the right thing to do is to put the job on hold , left to my own devices i would carry on to complete a job i started , i just enjoy doing this work so much its easy to get carried away ,…"

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Andrew Betteridge replied to 1st Garden Maintenance's discussion Glut of Gardeners looking for work

"My house backs onto a playing field with two football pitches, the council have fenced off and reseeded the goal mouths, which currently seems to be extremely optimistic."