Well , I'll go to the foot of our stairs !!!

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    I found out this day in March 2012 that.....Labourers expect to earn £175,per day to help dig out the footings for a Patio....:eeew:....
     
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    Pity you arn't nearer I would of done it for £100 :sofa:
     
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      :huh: Thanks though , Seriously , it gave me a terrible shock . I thought maybe a £100 but £175... AND he never ' battered' an eye lid whilst delivering .
       
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      Could be he didn't want to do it so placed his price high so you would decline. It has happened before. :ideaIPB: Cheers, Tony.
       
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        Hope he didn't offer to bring a mate. It would turn out an expensive job.:th scifD36:
         
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          Definately ,will not be having this man.:ThankYou:
           
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          A Place around here called tall boat plant hire i belive will rent you a mini digger for £50/£60 a day get a young un on the barra for £40/£50 Quids in!!! shop around your local hire shops i would Dig all Day for £100 :dbgrtmb:
           
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          £175 for 24 hours work aint bad, ask him if he wants to split his "day" into 3 x 8 hour shifts :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

          Steve...:)
           
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              Yes that is a good idea, I used that site to find groundworkers for my extension. I'm local to you goosegog and think that quote is over the top even for Surrey! You should be able to get a skilled trademan for that sort of money, my bricklayer was £160/day, labourers should be half of that. How about looking in the Parish Magazine or Post Office window in case a local lad is advertising?
               
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                Thanks very much :goodpost:
                 
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                Goose, do you visit your local often ie are you known, are you a member of a club, or church ? I do not wish to know the answers

                Just talk and let it be known what you want done or help with
                I mean putting the Yacht in the water each year and lifting her out costs about £200 a throw with the crane, but we just get together, and all turn up on that day, all hands to the pumps
                Or in the local pub, a friend knows a friend, or a friend has hired a digger for a day and only needs it for half the day
                Or the young men in the football team, all rally round to help dig this older guys garden out for him

                All this I have done, and so far it has only cost me a Liver and one kidney, so I take more water with it now :-)

                What I am saying is ask about your friends and aquaintances

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                  All this I have done, and so far it has only cost me a Liver and one kidney, so I take more water with it now :-)

                  What I am saying is ask about your friends and aquaintances

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                    There's two men round here that advertise as doing anything who charge £75 per day. They're quite popular and have been going for years. I've found them OK for odd jobs but they're useless at anything requiring skill. Whereas, the person I use for more skillful jobs charges £150 per day - but you get a good day's work for that.
                     
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