boost said:hi, we just our garden landscaped and got a few quotes, we got them through yellow pages ads. The cheapest was €7500 but then a guy recommended someone who did an exellent job. I doubt he met all of oirish's criteria but he did a tidy and neat job for €4900. The point im makin is that get recommendations from friends and neighbours and ask about their experiences of these companies and you could save yourself a few quid like us- the price of a nice holiday in fact!!
boost said:hi, we just our garden landscaped and got a few quotes, we got them through yellow pages ads. The cheapest was €7500 but then a guy recommended someone who did an exellent job. I doubt he met all of oirish's criteria but he did a tidy and neat job for €4900. The point im makin is that get recommendations from friends and neighbours and ask about their experiences of these companies and you could save yourself a few quid like us- the price of a nice holiday in fact!!
oirish said:i should take that as a compliment?
ps. as I have said before and will say again [as a person in the trade]
Please can people ensure that:
- the conractor is qualified
- he/ she is a limited company
- they are 'fully' insured
- they are C2 registered ie. tax is up to date
- you get a contract with reference to your spec
- they are registered with the ALCI [landscape contractors assoc. of Ireland] or the GLDA [Garden Landscape designers association] These associations are there for a reason and a builder would not allow a non RECI electrician wire your house.
- your spec says pot size/ plant size/ tree girth/ trellice
lawn rate/ per metre squared and total
hourly/ daily rate x job duration etc. ie. very detailed
- you dont give money up front - ITS NOT NECESSARY !!!
What about the guy who is setting up his own business, if he was asked all that fro every job he looked at he might as well Starve cause he not going to make any money to buy his dinner.
I'm not giving out, but every contractor has to start somewhere and has to be givin that chance. Just because contractor is not C2 reg or is not a ltd company or is not registered with an assocation does not mean he is not reliable or unable to do a good job. From what you are saying, I will presume you work for yourself or run a medium+ company. If so, did you not have to start from the ground up?
You do have some good points but I have to disagree with some of them.
Take it easy
Why, sole trader not good enough?ps. as I have said before and will say again [as a person in the trade] Please can people ensure that: - the conractor is qualified - he/ she is a limited company
Are they subbing?- they are 'fully' insured - they are C2 registered ie. tax is up to date
You cannot be accepted to these organisations without an existing portfolio of work.- you get a contract with reference to your spec - they are registered with the ALCI [landscape contractors assoc. of Ireland] or the GLDA [Garden Landscape designers association] These associations are there for a reason and a builder would not allow a non RECI electrician wire your house.
Which comes first the chicken or the egg. I have a feeling that if certain qualified persons in the trade had one green eye and one blue eye, that this would become in their eyes a prerequisite for attaining approved contractor status. A case of moving the goalposts I think.the official GLDA site [url said:www.glda.ie/about_us/membership_categories.html[/url] Full Membership is for people who have been in professional practice for a minimum of three years as a garden / landscape designer and can show the results of independent design work. The Applicant must submit a very detailed portfolio for assessment, which is carried out by an independent neutral Assessment Panel consisting of horticultural and academic experts, whose brief is to recommend for Full Membership only those whose portfolios reflect a high standard of professionalism in garden and landscape design.
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