Long story short - he's been made redundant for the 3rd time in 4 years. Was living in Spain with my friend and their DC, but is coming back over next month to try to find work over here as they are in dire straits (their tenants in UK are moving out too so no income to pay their rent).
We need some garden upheaval doing (nothing massive - but pulling out trellises and concrete borders, and concreting over some pebbly areas which we hate - theres no way we'll ever do this ourselves), and I know he's really good at that stuff as I've seen his work on his own garden back when they lived over here.
Is that ok legally? It will be a one-off job - (he did try setting a handyman business up last time he was here but it failed which is why they moved abroad)