What Are People Paying For Gardeners?

[capricorn77 10]

I was wondering what hourly rate people were paying for their gardener? 

[Janet24 59]

Here in North Notts,we pay £12.50 per hour - hope that helps.

[bassett one 452]

i would think it depends if its a bloke just cutting grass as he needs a few quid or a big job,but 10-15 pound per hour

[trastrick 866]

One would hope that folks paying 12.50 an hour for someone to do their gardening, are not government benefits.

 

One would also hope they are paying the VAT, and not paying cash under the table.

[Annie Bynnol 612]

12 minutes ago, trastrick said:

One would hope that folks paying 12.50 an hour for someone to do their gardening, are not government benefits.

 

One would also hope they are paying the VAT, and not paying cash under the table.

Why cannot people on government benefits employ gardeners at £12.50 an hour?

[trastrick 866]

They obviously can.

[El Cid 220]

15 hours ago, capricorn77 said:

I was wondering what hourly rate people were paying for their gardener? 

I am just a gardener on the side, I dont live in Sheffield, I would not dream of charging by the hour, my set price for cutting a lawn is £10, takes less than an hour.

[Janus 28]

The guy that cuts the neighbours average  size lawn charges £10 each lawn. I think you are charging about right Cid. You are a good man. (If you get to Roth rum any time on your way to Meadowhell, I have some healthy Horse chestnut trees for you)😉

[Annie Bynnol 612]

3 hours ago, trastrick said:

One would hope that folks paying 12.50 an hour for someone to do their gardening, are not government benefits.

 

One would also hope they are paying the VAT, and not paying cash under the table.

I will rephrase the question, why do you "...hope that folks paying 12.50 an hour for someone to do their gardening, are not government benefits."?

[Bargepole23 337]

1 hour ago, Janus said:

The guy that cuts the neighbours average  size lawn charges £10 each lawn. I think you are charging about right Cid. You are a good man. (If you get to Roth rum any time on your way to Meadowhell, I have some healthy Horse chestnut trees for you)😉

Don't understand the good man bit. Are those charging 12.50 an hour not good? Not exactly a making a fortune at that rate.

[trastrick 866]

I would hope that a personal professional gardener (which infers a house with a garden) is not among the basket of goodies deemed "essential" to one's lifestyle.

 

Call me an old meanie, but your government cannot maintain "the spiraling current unsustainable National Debt", (  Guardian) and is piling up these debts in the name of the children not yet born who will ultimately be stuck with the bills for these generous (and unsustainable, remember?) benefits.

 

I think that is really mean and selfish.

 

In the past old folks, or the infirm, would have their family, or in a pinch, the neighbors help out with tasks like digging the garden, snow clearance from paths and steps, etc.

 

But today, as government becomes more and more responsible for everybody's personal lifestyle, nobody wants to know, or care.

 

 

[Waldo 96]

3 hours ago, trastrick said:

One would hope that folks paying 12.50 an hour for someone to do their gardening, are not government benefits.

 

One would also hope they are paying the VAT, and not paying cash under the table.

Why would a gardener pay VAT?