Quoting a hedge cut?

textbook · Post by **textbook** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:26 pm

Tried to quote for a simplish hedge cut 50 meter long privet and confer hedge only 2 or 2.5 metres tall with tree which needs some higher clipping but nothing I haven't done before and my gardener friend said quote £200, I said they'll never pay that and he said £150. personally, I think £80-100 as I will take it all way. Am I quoting right?

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:44 pm

That's got to be at least a days work; possibly more..

I don't do this sorta work I even get a man in to do ours.. He charges about £200 including taking it away..

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:48 pm

Day's work with the etc.s has to be £200 ish.

Charge a sensible rate.

steviejoiner74 · Post by **steviejoiner74** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:55 pm

I had two 25/30 metre long 6ft privot hedges in my back garden and could cut both in about an hour and a half. I was able to dump the clippings(collected in dust sheets) in a wooded area behind my garden tho which cost nothing and there was a considerable pile after the two hedges were done.
I now have a fence and it was the best money I've spent on my garden!!
Hate cutting hedges!

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:03 pm

steviejoiner74 wrote:I had two 25/30 metre long 6ft privot hedges in my back garden and could cut both in about an hour and a half.

They do grow a lot slower in Scotland.....either that or Steviejoiner has an alter-ego..

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Hour and a half... my arse....

steviejoiner74 · Post by **steviejoiner74** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:07 pm

Are you guys cutting them with manual shears like?
A good quality hedge strimmer makes light work of hedge trimming. It's the clearing up the crap that takes the time. Remember you're not a young pup anymore wine-o and you're probably a short arse as well. At 6ft5 and blessed with youth I can easily do the task in the time scale I mentioned.
Do you swing the lead on your own jobs??

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:32 pm

steviejoiner74 wrote:Are you guys cutting them with manual shears like?
A good quality hedge strimmer makes light work of hedge trimming. It's the clearing up the crap that takes the time. Remember you're not a young pup anymore wine-o and you're probably a short arse as well. At 6ft5 and blessed with youth I can easily do the task in the time scale I mentioned.
Do you swing the lead on your own jobs??

So you admit you had a youth to help you?

Mind you being as you're 6' 5" I'm not saying anything apart from "Best buddy, pal, friend for the rest of the week!"

steviejoiner74 · Post by **steviejoiner74** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:34 pm

And I'm not saying my hedge trimming is the neatest either,I ain't no gardener

darrenba · Post by **darrenba** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:39 pm

If you're taking the waste cuttings away then I assume you've got a waste carriers licence and your paying to properly dispose of the waste.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:50 pm

darrenba wrote:If you're taking the waste cuttings away then I assume you've got a waste carriers licence and your paying to properly dispose of the waste.

Doubt it...

steviejoiner74 wrote:Are you guys cutting them with manual shears like?
A good quality hedge strimmer makes light work of hedge trimming. It's the clearing up the crap that takes the time. Remember you're not a young pup anymore wine-o and you're probably a short arse as well. At 6ft5 and blessed with youth I can easily do the task in the time scale I mentioned.
Do you swing the lead on your own jobs??

and are you trimming your hedge with this ??

steviejoiner74 · Post by **steviejoiner74** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:02 pm

wine~o wrote:
darrenba wrote:If you're taking the waste cuttings away then I assume you've got a waste carriers licence and your paying to properly dispose of the waste.
Doubt it...

steviejoiner74 wrote:Are you guys cutting them with manual shears like?
A good quality hedge strimmer makes light work of hedge trimming. It's the clearing up the crap that takes the time. Remember you're not a young pup anymore wine-o and you're probably a short arse as well. At 6ft5 and blessed with youth I can easily do the task in the time scale I mentioned.
Do you swing the lead on your own jobs??
and are you trimming your hedge with this ??

idkhow2diy · Post by **idkhow2diy** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:05 am

Crikey the wife used to whinge when we had ours cut for £70, but that was years ago. We've maybe 250 foot of 5 to 6 foot privet which we usually do 3 times a year over several weekends. Cuttings go in the brown bin every 2 weeks or get used on the borders as mulch. All but 80 foot or so has to be cut both sides and the top as it's our border to the road.

At a guess it would take half a day including cleaning up if we did it all in one go, but that's both me and the wife not just me.

We've had quotes between £75 and £300.

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:54 pm

As the OP has done similar work, and so should have a rough idea of how long it's going to take. Add a bit of time for snags, then multiply by hourly rate.

That will be the answer.

As a self employed person, once you start going down the route of guessing what people can and will pay, you're going to lose money.

Charge a reasonable rate for the job.

textbook · Post by **textbook** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:08 pm

It will take about 3 hrs to cut (because of tree)+ 1 hr to tidy up + 1 hr to get rid of stuff. 5x £15= £75

The lady just wanted to pay £30-40! I think I need to learn when to walk away.

darrenba · Post by **darrenba** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:24 pm

So how are you disposing of commercial waste for free then?? Flytipping??

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