Garden Waste

[I like Skol]

Now then children, let's do some maths.....

A builder makes me a lovely garden wall at a cost of £1000. He provides the bricks, the sand/cement and all the necessary equipment. It takes him all day, in fact let's make the numbers simple and say he worked a long day and it took him 10hrs on site.

The bricks and materials cost £750 so what was his hourly rate for working on site, £100/hr or £25/hr?

In reality he also collected the materials in his own vehicle and delivered them to site which took an additional 2hrs. What is his hourly rate now?

Can anyone give me the right answers? I have my red pen ready.

 

[jowwy]

Now then children, let's do some maths.....

A builder makes me a lovely garden wall at a cost of £1000. He provides the bricks, the sand/cement and all the necessary equipment. It takes him all day, in fact let's make the numbers simple and say he worked a long day and it took him 10hrs on site.

The bricks and materials cost £750 so what was his hourly rate for working on site, £100/hr or £25/hr?

In reality he also collected the materials in his own vehicle and delivered them to site which took an additional 2hrs. What is his hourly rate now?

Can anyone give me the right answers? I have my red pen ready.

totally different scenario...so why not start your own thread based on the above.

 

[fossyant]

Just checked the local council, £42 minimum charge for green waste then £15 additional for a 'check/weigh' and a duty of care - so £57.

That makes say £120 for 4 hours work 'on site' - £30 hour, excluding travel for waste disposal. Not unreasonable.

 

[winjim]

Can I be the first to label the thread Wastegate?

Excuse me, we are British here. It's the Wastefumo Affair.

 

[jowwy]

Just checked the local council, £42 minimum charge for green waste then £15 additional for a 'check/weigh' and a duty of care - so £57.

That makes say £120 for 4 hours work 'on site' - £30 hour, excluding travel for waste disposal. Not unreasonable.

but that cant be right.....posters have said between 100 and 200 for garden waste. are you saying they have all been wrong with their posts???

again that can't be true as these people are perfect and never get anything wrong and never make assumptions. Maybe i should start calling them all names now cause they are wrong.

 

[fossyant]

That's my local council minimum charge. It soon goes up depending on weight - so a van load, over 500kg will be nearer £100

 

[jowwy]

That's my local council minimum charge. It soon goes up depending on weight - so a van load, over 500kg will be nearer £100

What if he took it there in his estate vehicle and just put it in the garden waste as is own household waste, the same as most home gardeners would do or he put it our for his local council to collect for free, maybe once or twice a week....

How much would he pay then???

or if he cut it up/chipped it and used it at home, on his own garden?? what would he pay then??

asking for other posters who assume he paid for removal, although no one is 100% sure he did, as the actual amount paid wasnt listed.

 

[I like Skol]

totally different scenario...so why not start your own thread based on the above.

Brings some materials to site at a cost/removes some materials from site at a cost, not so different really?

 

[I like Skol]

my query was due to someone paying for garden work, trim bushes, trim some over hanging branches from neighbours garden and cut the grass and then on top pay for the removal of said garden waste.....so in all it cost £180

asking for other posters who assume he paid for removal, although no one is 100% sure he did, as the actual amount paid wasnt listed.

Your words!

 

[jowwy]

Brings some materials to site at a cost/removes some materials from site at a cost, not so different really?

100% different, you have been giving all the costs up front £750 for materials and removal of old and £250 for labour......so you have everything you need to know

 

[jowwy]

Your words!

still doesnt say he paid for removal at a waste site, just that he charged for it....

 

[fossyant]

£45 an hour sounds loads, it would be to cut the grass and do the weeds, but if there is a van/trailer of waste, then £60 minimum for the gardener to get rid, plus time getting there.back - our council place is literally a mile away, but it's a 30 minute minimum round trip with traffic - you've got to pay them for that.

Adding this all in the hourly rate is getting nearer £25 an hour, within that he has tool maintenance costs, something for the waste carrier license, fuel etc etc.

 

[fossyant]

What if he took it there in his estate vehicle and just put it in the garden waste as is own household waste, the same as most home gardeners would do or he put it our for his local council to collect for free, maybe once or twice a week....

How much would he pay then???

or if he cut it up/chipped it and used it at home, on his own garden?? what would he pay then??

asking for other posters who assume he paid for removal, although no one is 100% sure he did, as the actual amount paid wasnt listed.

Ah, but did he go there in a personal vehicle ? Time to chip the waste as home- a couple of hours work.

I'm assuming someone you know paid for grounds maintenance for 4 hours work and removal of said materials. The cost soon adds up. Personally I'd do it myself, and the cost to me is my personal time. If I popped in my 'real' hourly cost - e.g. took half a day off, it would be considerably more than £180 and that's with free waste disposal.

We don't now how they got rid of the waste but I'd suspect it's a flat rate they charge, more if it's bigger items.

I've yet to see a wealthy gardener, unless your name is Monty Don or Alan Titchmarsh

Just thinking about it, if he added in the need to provide for a pension, then the rates are bloody cheap. It costs my employer about 35% on top of my hourly rate for pension and NI

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I've yet to see a wealthy gardener, unless your name is Monty Don or Alan Titchmarsh

Certainly not one that well, actually gardens!

 

[jowwy]

Ah, but did he go there in a personal vehicle ? Time to chip the waste as home- a couple of hours work.

I'm assuming someone you know paid for grounds maintenance for 4 hours work and removal of said materials. The cost soon adds up. Personally I'd do it myself, and the cost to me is my personal time. If I popped in my 'real' hourly cost - e.g. took half a day off, it would be considerably more than £180 and that's with free waste disposal.

We don't now how they got rid of the waste but I'd suspect it's a flat rate they charge, more if it's bigger items.

I've yet to see a wealthy gardener, unless your name is Monty Don or Alan Titchmarsh

Just thinking about it, if he added in the need to provide for a pension, then the rates are bloody cheap. It costs my employer about 35% on top of my hourly rate for pension and NI

1. Just assuming he may have, same as quite a lot of posters are assuming quite a lot in their replies

2. exactly what i would do.....

3. surely you would get paid for that half days leave, so again just your own time really??