"Can I suggest you pay the money to join the BOG, you would do a lot better posting stuff like this in there.
Andy"

"Thank you for the advice I'm looking at giving them a quote for £8500 "

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The job looks to be quite small actually. There seems to be very little grass to mow for example. It should therefore be quite easy to price. What I would do first is measure the grassed areas. Once you know how many square metres you can easily c…"

"Out of curiosity what would you charge per year if you was to price it. The payments are monthly as one twelfth of the annual quote ."

"Nobody can tell you what you SHOULD charge. You need to work out what it will cost you to do the work, then how much profit you want to make out if the job. Some will charge more or less than others, I know of companies that charge an extremely low…"

"A good point Gary Thanks "

"Just got back from the pub so apologies if this is waffle, but does it fit between the height adjustment lever and the mower chassis? To stop the machine collapsing when you pull the height adjustment 'pin' out of the chassis? "

"Sounds like they think you'll take too long if you do it after, but after makes so much more sense as otherwise you'll spend ages brushing bark aside so you can cut the holes! Personally, as someone who tends to do more maintenance than anything els…"

"PS yes, no membrane around plants in my opinion. It makes future maintenance a nightmare. "