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Hourly rate

My neighbour has her house on the market and she has now broken her arm, which means that she can't deal with the garden. It's only been a couple of weeks, but already it makes the garden look like it's hard work.

She usually spends a couple of hours a week in the garden and it would take a full day to get it started followed by maybe half a day a week.

She has asked a couple of people about gardeners and they have said their gardener is too busy this time of year. One of our neighbours pays her gardener £15 an hour for coming for half a day a week.

How much does anyone else pay? Is £15 the going rate?

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  • Funkyfarmgirl
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    Argygirl wrote: »
    My neighbour has her house on the market and she has now broken her arm, which means that she can't deal with the garden. It's only been a couple of weeks, but already it makes the garden look like it's hard work.

    She usually spends a couple of hours a week in the garden and it would take a full day to get it started followed by maybe half a day a week.

    She has asked a couple of people about gardeners and they have said their gardener is too busy this time of year. One of our neighbours pays her gardener £15 an hour for coming for half a day a week.

    How much does anyone else pay? Is £15 the going rate?
    £12 an hour around here and they ahve been trained
    Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out - but I can usually shut her up with cake!
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