A man often says his house is his castle. Colin had a problem. His house is on a busy main road. There is lots of traffic, especially big lorries rushing by creating load noise and wind. Another problem is that his existing fence is only about one me
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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?
"You can use a pipe for 14 days on newly planted plants and 28 days for turf.."
"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 .. "
"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…"
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…"
"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…"
"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"
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"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.…"
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.…"
"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…"
At this stage I would remain polite but firm…"
"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…"
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…"
"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…"
"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. "
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. "
"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…"
"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 ,…"
"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."
"Could swap to pressure washing, but might get lynched for using a hosepipe!"
"In Northern Ireland im still doing fortnightly mowing "
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?
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Hose use
My fellow pro gardeners raised the question during a hose pipe ban Are we allowed to use domestic clients hoses as professionals carrying out our work to keep a planting job alive ? I understand nurseries garden centres etc can and via a standpipe u…
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Customer Cash Flow dilemma .
Not sure what to do for the best here .Doing a one off maintenance project for a customer i have worked for in the past but not a regular customer , however they always paid promptly and never any issues , lovely people .Have submitted Two invoices…
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Glut of Gardeners looking for work
Because of the very hot dry weather there seems to be a lot of gardeners who are out of work and looking for a job. This morning I looked at my emails and found fourteen people had applied for a job over the weekend. I supose that most of these…
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