[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

when he is done suck your teeth and start finding small faults

say "look i cant say im blown away, I can give you 50?"

chances re you will haggle and get it for £65

that will learn the robbing bastard

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Ts one of those men that sit and watch other men work.

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It took nearly 4 hours in the end… it’s not an exaggeration to say that the grass was a foot high and the weeds four feet high in places because of the hot then wet weather and the previous gardener charging for, but then blatantly not doing, weed killer (hence dispute and new gardener) and he did a great job, plus he’ll have had to go to the dump with the trees . I was going to give £100 but my wife told me to send £120.

I was expecting £150 when he priced it up so basically still a saving vs expectations

I would say over £20.00 an hour is a fair rate for a general gardener. He's not a tree surgeon? Why would anyone pay anymore for a job you could do yourself?

If it's landscape design them yes, you'd expect double or triple.

If he's done a good job then I'd be inclined to round up to £100... I would say his costing is spot on.

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Get some lovely fake grass.

No offence to you or anyone else who has this, but fake grass is not classy.