Should I pay Gardener for this?

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I hired a gardener to come and do some work for me. All went well, and I paid him as agreed. He asked me if I would like him to take the waste (chargeable) or put it in the garden waste bin for collection, I asked him to put it in the bin.

Collection day comes and they won’t take the bin! They said it’s too heavy, he didn’t warn me of this. I’ve asked him to come back to empty the bin (not take it away) and he wants to charge me for this. I said I don’t think that’s fair and asked him to just come and do it for me.

Of course you should pay him. Your rubbish, you pay.

You still need to pay him. A disability doesn’t mean you can’t do your own research and pay for services.

Unfortunately I have to pay for many services which I can no longer do for myself due to my increasing pain from arthritis. I just have to accept it as part of being disabled. When I had a new kitchen fitted last year, I knew I would struggle to empty all the cupboards and move the packing boxes into storage so I paid a lot of money to a removal company to do the work.

The extra costs have become part of the budget for all DIY type projects and you must also find it necessary to pay for extra services. In your situation, I could possibly empty some of the rubbish from the bin by pulling out the top layers onto the ground then sitting down and using cutters to chop them into small pieces to store in a bag until the next collection. It might take me hours whereas a strong, fit person could do it in a few minutes so I’d have to weigh up the cost of paying someone vs my time and energy.

Coming back to empty your bin because your dustbin collectors have refused to empty it is not really part of the original quote for the work so I think it’s reasonable for the gardener to charge you extra.

Being physically limited is frustrating and expensive but sometimes there is no way round it.