A friend had to redo end of garden as a result of storms and got the bill today. Could never get a straight answer from the gardened re a quote. They now know why. They got bill today for €2075 euro.
this is the breakdown
1. 4 mature trees @120 each, jac monti, they agreed this. €480
2. one days labour, 3 men and a mini digger 9.20 - 5.30ish then return and plant 4 trees about 1hour aprox. €750.00
3. 12 mature laurals at 25 euro each = €300( were told 18 euro plus vat)
4. railwway sleepers, cut and laid, painted, 4 tonne of stone ie like pea gravel. plastic €280 euro.
5, 22 small plants, some top soil, 8 stakes(hold trees in place) and ties €265.
Labour included taking out existing withered hedge, tranplanting 6 grown bamboo plants, put up link fencing, about 40 foot, 7 posts, all supplied.
It seems an awful lot and they are quite shocked.
is it reasonable? labour seems high, gardener owns min digger so no hire charge involved, Its a cash deal so vat would be extra at 13.5%!!
I think they were expecting 1500 cash. This is my estimate.
12 LAURALS at €18 = €216.00
22 plants at €8 = €176 and that would be pushing it, plants are tiny.
sleepers 2 at €35 = € 70.
stone 4 ton at €30.00 = €120 dount it took 4 tonne
plastic =?
Trees = €480
labour 3 men plus machine 100 each per day, €300.00, machine hire for one day €80 euro, top soil say 80 euro.
I make that €1552 off top of my head.
But maybe things have changed.
500 extra euro is a lot. The fence they paid €95 for and €32 for stakes extra.
this is the breakdown
1. 4 mature trees @120 each, jac monti, they agreed this. €480
2. one days labour, 3 men and a mini digger 9.20 - 5.30ish then return and plant 4 trees about 1hour aprox. €750.00
3. 12 mature laurals at 25 euro each = €300( were told 18 euro plus vat)
4. railwway sleepers, cut and laid, painted, 4 tonne of stone ie like pea gravel. plastic €280 euro.
5, 22 small plants, some top soil, 8 stakes(hold trees in place) and ties €265.
Labour included taking out existing withered hedge, tranplanting 6 grown bamboo plants, put up link fencing, about 40 foot, 7 posts, all supplied.
It seems an awful lot and they are quite shocked.
is it reasonable? labour seems high, gardener owns min digger so no hire charge involved, Its a cash deal so vat would be extra at 13.5%!!
I think they were expecting 1500 cash. This is my estimate.
12 LAURALS at €18 = €216.00
22 plants at €8 = €176 and that would be pushing it, plants are tiny.
sleepers 2 at €35 = € 70.
stone 4 ton at €30.00 = €120 dount it took 4 tonne
plastic =?
Trees = €480
labour 3 men plus machine 100 each per day, €300.00, machine hire for one day €80 euro, top soil say 80 euro.
I make that €1552 off top of my head.
But maybe things have changed.
500 extra euro is a lot. The fence they paid €95 for and €32 for stakes extra.