Gardening costs

Weve just had a quote to replace 80 ft of fencing, without materials =£800. Sounds WAY over priced to me, but what do i know?! Anyone had similar quote? Brakedown was 2 days worth of work for 2 men.

£200 a day per person for manual work sounds a lot to me

maybe i should retrain!!

Get some other quotes. £100 a day is more like it, and a lot of gardeners round here have young lads working for them on apprenticeships or minimum wage so they can get two men on it for a day for £150 or so x

There is a website called Rated,

You can post your job & 3 tradespeople will contact you to quote, I've used it a few times recently, it's great & saves the hassle of phoning around trying to get quotes, plus you can check the reviews etc for the one you like best before giving them the job.

http://www.ratedpeople.com/?gclid=CNy8_ ... 4Qod-Hc5Xg

It cost us £120 for 50ft including materials and it's excellent quality wood. (2 men, less than 1 day)

Thanks ladies!