How much would you pay someone to mow your lawn?

[JonSnowKnowsNothing]

I've had to bite the bullet and accept that even with my amazing new petrol strimmer, I just cannot keep on top of the gardening. I've blitzed the front borders today and strimmed the front all down and it looks pretty great.

However, the back garden is a nightmare. It's not a nice smooth lawn, it's essentially a section of field, therefore v divotty and coarse. It's about 25 by 25 foot, with an overgrown little side bit of about 15 by 10 foot, so not tiny but not huge.

I want to hire someone to come and strim it every fortnight or so, while I maintain the front and keep on tops of the grow bags, etc. what would be a reasonable rate to pay someone for this?

Tia

How long do you think it would take them to do it? I pay my gardener £12 per hour, so could you guide it to how much a gardener would charge?

I think an hour would cover it. Hmm, twelve quid is reasonable, IMO. I wonder if anyone would come for just the one hour every fortnight. It's not much money, but it would be regular all through summer. And they wouldn't need their own strimmer.
Thanks, bowlersarm.

We have a gardener come every 2 weeks to cut the front and back lawn, he charges us 8 quid each time.

Thanks Potato Queen!

£15 an hour once a fortnight for lawn mowing + a spot of hedge cutting/weeding/whatever else needs doing. It's transformed my summers, because my responsibility is now just pots and baskets and the garden always looks neat. (I justify it by converting it to a weekly year-round rate in my head - i.e. about £3.75 - which is a bargain!)