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How much do you pay the gardener to cut your hedge?

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chickenrice · 05/03/2006 14:29

Boring, I know but I need to know how much is reasonable as we need to get our hedge pruned and tidied. It's a mess.We used to do it ourselves in the past but can't now due to an injury.Thanks

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zippitippitoes · 05/03/2006 14:31

How long would it take I imagine about 7.50 per hour

GDG · 05/03/2006 14:33

Hmmm, we pay our gardener £22 a visit and he does a lot in that time including mowing lawn (very large), tidying borders, cutting back hedges and bushes.

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chickenrice · 05/03/2006 14:40

It used to take my husband two and a half hours max on his own. GDG, sounds like you've got a good deal. How long is a visit? We have had 2 quotes so far and they both want £95 and the other £97 plus VAT for cutting a conifer hedge that is about 10 metres long. I thought that this was quite expensive hence my question.

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zippitippitoes · 05/03/2006 14:44

I think if you have a regular person they will charge less than a one off, also depends where you live and how out of hand it's got

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chickenrice · 05/03/2006 14:51

Did tell them that it was to be with a view to maintaining it every year. It's only not been done last year due to a hand injury.

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brimfull · 05/03/2006 15:13

I think my neighbour paid about £100 .She has a lleylandi (sp) hedge ,it's high enough to need a ladder to do it and about 10 m in length.So your quote sounds similar.

fastasleep · 05/03/2006 15:19

I'd love to have a gardener to come and cut my hedge

runs away giggling like a school girl

NeverSayNever · 05/03/2006 16:36

My DH is a landscape gardener and says the going rate about £20 / £24 per hour per man hope this helps Wink

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fairyjay · 05/03/2006 21:42

Don't forget that there is the cost of getting rid of the cuttings.

Thirtysix · 05/03/2006 21:58

Hmm Hovely-you are perhaps right but having had a very bad experience with some people of "travelling extraction" I don't always condiser the political correctness of a statement.

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chickenrice · 10/03/2006 15:33

Thanks everyone for the replies. At least now I have a rough idea of how much it should cost.

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Julianlr1 · 10/07/2019 22:33

Hello chickenrice,
I know I'm a year late lol your quote for a 10 meter conifer to be cut for just £95 or £97 with VAT both quotes were very cheap, cutting a conifer is more specialised job, one wrong cut could kill area's of the hedge

pepperpot99 · 18/07/2019 19:47

"Dodgy gyppo" is racist. I've reported your post, thirtysix.
My gardener charges £17 ph although he's raising his rates soon. That's N London.

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