An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
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Slippery softwood decking, here is Jackson Landscape Designs durable, anti slip, aesthetically pleasing, money saving solution for all gardens and landscapes in Newton Abbot, Devon and surrounding…
The winter gardening calendar is now well underway. We have been getting phone calls to remove trees, clear leaves, sort out borders and finish of clearing up lawns. There are also new ground maintenance contracts agreed and we are geared…
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Caring for your garden when there’s a hosepipe ban in place…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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I've been itching to let you in on a little…
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Open forum activity
"A company I use charge 300 inc VAT for a grab lorry which will carry at least 3x as much as a skip that costs 300 from them. But you need a suitable place to put it and on the right surface"
Hi allI've got a potential job clearing a plot of land which has years and years of grass growth on it creating a thick dense mat of undergrowth. This needs to be gotten rid of to make way for some building works and some garden features. I'll be us…
"Just as a general rule of thumb, labour charged out (prices) should roughly be 3x wages or 2.25 x direct costs. If your above that level then your probably making a reasonable profit margin."
"do not forget to add 10% for materials as there will be some waste like offcuts and timber that you cannot use either bent or knotts "
"Just to add to this - with the budget, from April minimum wage will increase 5.9%. Pension contributions will in increasing. Everything else will rise with inflation. It's an expensive year for your business. You have an extra year of experience, an…"
"Cheers guys, nearly impossible aye, are have to explain this clearly, advise to maybe rip all of them up to do a good job.
Regards"
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"Hi John, agree generally with your comments, labour rates do rise, minimium wage, annually, therefore so should your rates should every year, that's why I always stress to any business, you have to build in annual rate increases, (you will lose some…"
"Thats what ive been doing today, sat at my desk with a pad, calculator and a laptop. this is my first deck so im just trying to get my head around quantities and costing etc"
"Hi Josh
you can work a formula for anything to get a rough estimate however i don't think the main forum is best placed to ask for detail etc,
the thing you need to factor in when trying to work out formulas is that some materials don't like to play…"
you can work a formula for anything to get a rough estimate however i don't think the main forum is best placed to ask for detail etc,
the thing you need to factor in when trying to work out formulas is that some materials don't like to play…"
Hi allIve just added decking as i service that I provide with my business. I've got a few little bits of decking coming up. Does anyone have a general costing rule that they use for quickly adding up a rough price for decking. For example with turfi…
"I've gone up to £200 a day or £30 per hour from £160 per day or £25 per hour. I spent all of last year learning new skills abroad in landscaping, as a landscape gardener I feel the new experince makes me more valuable to my clients hence the increas…"
"I'm also in the South East (based near Tunbridge Wells) and have been running my business for almost 2 years now. My desired charge is £200 per man day (or £25/hour), though in reality daily earnings are usually £160-210 with the occasional 2 or 3…"
"Of course she said that Andrew! A business doesn't need to ask permission to raise their charges. "
"I was considering raising my day rates this spring and in fact mentioned it to one of my longest serving customers. She pointed out that in the current environment we are in she feels my day rate is reasonable which is currently £150 a day. I will…"
Getting rid of soil
Hi all I've got a potential job clearing a plot of land which has years and years of grass growth on it creating a thick dense mat of undergrowth. This needs to be gotten rid of to make way for some building works and some garden features. I'll be…
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Decking costs
Hi all Ive just added decking as i service that I provide with my business. I've got a few little bits of decking coming up. Does anyone have a general costing rule that they use for quickly adding up a rough price for decking. For example with…
Read more…Help identifying some old paving slabs?
Hey guys, Need a little help with identifying some slabs that ive got to add to and was wondering what you guys thinks they may be? york gold maybe? These seem different to the ones one the step or are they just more aged? Any help is…
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Engine emission legislation - Stage V
This passed me by completely, but new small engine emission legislation came into force on January 1st 2019. This Stage V legislation covers diesel engines used in non-road mobile machinery, such as wood chippers, stump grinders, mowers and skid…
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