How much to pay for mowing lawn?

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My child minder's 16 year old son is going to mow my lawn. Average size lawn, I live in a two bed new build.

What would be a reasonable amount to pay him?

I asked and he said whatever I think is best!

£10 assuming it’ll take roughly an hour plus some travel time?

My gardener charges £25...

There's a world of difference between a qualified landscape gardener and a 16 year old kid.

I'd say £10-15

I wasn't saying there wasn't.
Just thought this information might help OP for if she felt she wanted to charge the same or less

Are you providing the mower etc?

If yes and it takes about an hour £10 seems fair. They are not a gardener so they the just pushing the mower about.

He lives a 5 min drive away, 20 min walk.

It'll just need mowing and the grass from the mower emptying a couple of times into garden sacks.

And yes I'm providing the mower.

£10

Tenner.

My grandparents used to pay me 50p and a glass of coke!
I'd pay for job done, perhaps agree after seeing how long it takes him.

£5.28 is minimum wage for an under 18, so £10 seems reasonable.

MIL has an adult 'gardener' who mows and trims a few shrubs. Not a qualified horticulturist/arborist etc and he charges £15/hr, South East.

I'd also be ensuring he is wearing proper work boots- not just flip flops, and knows to turn it off if there is a jam in the blades. Sounds obvious, but I used to work in A&E. Sadly, I saw this a few times- where heavy grass or a plastic plant pot blocked the blades, and then the person just rummaged their fingers through to release the grass- with life changing consequences. 😬

Agree with approx £10 for an hours work, maybe £15 if he does an extra good job and cleans up well after himself.
Also bear in mind, will he do it for you on a regular basis? Same price each time affordable?

I think it depends how long it takes him.

£5.28 is minimum wage for an under 18

This is your starting point, but I think you have to factor in the fact that if it only took him an hour to do the work, he would also have 40mins of 'travel' so I would want to be generous enough to take that into account.

'minimum wage' is one things if you are doing an 8 hour shift, but a little different if you are only being paid for 1 hour of work.

I also think it would depend on if I were letting him do it as a one off, because he is trying to fund raise for something, or if it were something I really wanted someone to do because I didn't have time / cba / am unable to do, and I wanted him to come back and do once every 3 weeks or so.

@CC4712

Why assume it's an electric mower?