Garden gate quote - is this reasonable?

john.h

Deleted_User wrote: »

Thanks for the advice - so what's the going rate for two hours, in the North?

I would of thought you should pay £30-£40. It would not even take one hour to hang a gate, but you cant expect someone to travel to your house and back for one hours money.

John..

john.h

somethingcorporate wrote: »

I live in a farming hamlet that is very friendly (moved in last month and made some great friends already).

Our local "handy-man" is a retired farmer that built our archway, installed all our fencing & gate etc is £10 an hour.

But i bet all thats going in his back pocket..

John...

somethingcorporate

john.h wrote: »

But i bet all thats going in his back pocket..

John...

That's his lookout but yes, it probably is.

Not like you cannot say the same for a significant proportion of normal tradesman though right?

john.h

I would of thought the occasional job the money will be cash in hand, but if they are self employed they can't get away with it all the time. I would not of thought.

John..

plumb1_2

Should be no more than £50.

[Deleted User]

Thanks all for the advice.