I know it’s not really an issue but I get so tense around these things. A neighbour 5 doors down recommended their gardener. I’m so stressed with doing everything as DH does nothing so I happily contacted her. It’s £37 an hour and she came last week for 2 hours. She did a great job and was a lovely enough person but handing over £74 was a little much but I just assumed all gardeners are around this price.
One of my other neighbours I was talking to today said that’s really expensive and they use one for much less and looking at my garden they said she hasn’t done a good job as vines are over hanging which could have been cut etc. I’m not an expert so just assumed she did a great job. Their gardener charges £25 an hour.
what would you do? The lady is going to contact me when she next in the area to book an appointment. What do I say? I feel really anxious about telling her I no longer want to use. I’ll be saving for much money by using the cheaper gardener who by the sounds of it will actually do a better job.