Hedges - does anyone pay someone to cut theirs?

[meltedmarsbars]

Any advice?

And if you don't mind telling me, how much does it cost you? And what do they do with the trimmings?

Dh normally does it but is not well enough this year, and the petrol trimmer is too heavy for me to use.

It is hawthorn and some nasty prickly thing with yellow flowers (not gorse)

[meltedmarsbars]

Bump!

[mintyfresh]

We are just about to get someone to cut our neighbour's hedge which is overhanging our garden (grrrr!)

We've had a quote for £80 plus vat which I think is quite reasonable as it is now very high.

Get several quotes if you can - they may charge a bit more to take away trimmings.

[meltedmarsbars]

Thanks Minty.

How many hours work for £80 do you reckon?

I can deal with the trimmings (image of marshmallows on bonfire)

[mintyfresh]

Tbh he didn't say how long it would take - maybe a few hours?? The hedge is about 20ft high but we are only having our side cut back (as they are not ours we'll have to leave the tops to the neighbours!).

[AMumInScotland]

We have a guy who does ours - he charges £12 per hour, and it takes him 2 hours to trim our hawthorn hedge which runs along one long side of the garden, plus an hour to do a smaller conifer hedge across the front. He usually leaves the trimmings in our garden wheely bin if there is space, as it costs a lot for a business to take stuff to the tip, so that might help keep your cost down if you don't mind dealing with them yourself.

[meltedmarsbars]

Thank you!