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Dragonslayer
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Hi Everyone
Can anyone help me?
I have a small garden. But because of my condition I can no longer cope with the upkeep and the work needed to keep it in good condition so it is overgrown. I would like to have it cleared and paved but can't find anyone to do the work. I will of course pay the going rate for this.
Anyone know of anyone suitable?I
Alan
Can anyone help me?
I have a small garden. But because of my condition I can no longer cope with the upkeep and the work needed to keep it in good condition so it is overgrown. I would like to have it cleared and paved but can't find anyone to do the work. I will of course pay the going rate for this.
Anyone know of anyone suitable?I
Alan
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An extra thought you could always ask your local council for recomendations, in fact our council do jobs like that (for a charge).
Thanks for the info. I will take a look.
Hopefully someone on here will maybe have a contact for me, someone they have used and can recommend. But I will take on board all you have said and follow your good advise.
Stay safe and Thanks again
Alan
A good way to find a local gardener is to ask around for some personal vetted recommendations. Alternatively you can use this website to find some trustworthy gardeners in your area. Make sure to check out the reviews carefully however in case. Also make certain that you get quotes to compare as well.
https://www.bidvine.com/gardening-services
Have you checked the Yellow Pages? You might be able to find a gardener that way. Be upfront about what you want. Do not hesitate to ask questions either to learn more about the applicant. Or you could always look at the adverts in a few what's on magazines in addition and then make a informed decision based on your gut impression.
I once hired a gardener after a two step process. I looked at a printed colourful mini advert in a local magazine in a supermarket. Unorthodox but I kind of liked what I saw in the advert. I then emailed them with a few gardening questions to make sure that I could trust them alone for a while. If you do go down this route, I recommend either conducting a short professional interview over the phone at least to talk about the skills and qualifications of the candidate no matter what before hiring them or emailing the person a few questions regarding their experience, skills, reviews and qualifications. I hope that you do manage to find someone. Good luck! Oh and make notes of their answers.
Also, there is some information about if you would qualify for garden help from your local council.
Please do let us know how you get on and if there is anything else we can do to help.
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Thanks to all of you for your help and advice. I have followed all you have said and posted a request on rated people. We will see how things pan out. I will let you all know.
Dragonslayer.
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So far I have had no response to the advert I placed on Rated people. Whether this is due to the virus or people not being able to get supplies I'm not sure! But my wife has found someone that we are hoping will be able to take it on. But again I think this is subject to the virus. I will have to persevere and keep looking and see how things go.
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I am still having big problems finding anyone to come and pave my garden! So much so I am losing all hope for the working community of this country. Is no-one interested in working for a living anymore?
The internet is a great thing, especially in these hard times, but it seems to be full of people using it for things other than what it was invented for!
Maybe it has just become a haven for scammers and people pretending to be genuine, or qualified in things they have no idea about?I
Or is it me? Just having a hard time and looking in the wrong places?
Thanks
Dragonslher.
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I had a guy come today to have a look and I am confident he will be OK. So now I am just waiting for a quote.
And the funny thing is. He is the grandson of one of my former neighbours and I got his contact from my next door neighbour. It shows just what you can find on your own doorstep.
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I have had the same problem as you. Need help with house work and garden. I'm in East Sussex and on their website is a section called care with confidence. It has lists of self employed people who have been vetted by them and each person lists their services and prices and lists the ones closest to you by postcode. I found several men and ladies who list many things all at approx £15hr. I'm in the process of emailing or texting some of them. Hope you find something similar. Good luck.
Well it looks like I have been let down yet again. The guy I pinned all my hopes on to pave my garden has not been in contact yet and that's over a week ago!
My only hope now rests with one other guy who has been and measured up, he is staying in contact and is sending samples of the kind of stone I like. I think he will be expensive, but at least do it right. Problem is I will have to wait 5 months for him to do it.
After all the phone calls and e-mails I have sent to workers over the last 4 months I am losing my faith in British
workers!
Anyone else had similar problems.
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After five months of searching, phoning, e.mails, googling and head scratching someone is coming to start the work in a couple of weeks time. Thanks to all for comments and helpful advice and I have enjoyed reading all that is going on in your gardens and the projects you are involved with.
Keep digging, planting, hoping and growing, it will be all worth it in the end.
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Last week I also had my MIR scan that was put back from March because of the virus and next week I'm having a CT scan. So my operation to take some of my pain away gets closer.
One sour note is someone over the last day or so dug up and stole some newly planted plants from the garden, things my wife bought to brighten up the garden to help with the overall look of it.
What is going on in the world today? Do people really have to stoop so low? The plants were costly, but the effort to improve things far greater. She now wonders if trying to improve the garden is worth it and it makes us both wonder what next!! Because we also had our garden bench stolen a while ago. I
Stay safe
Alan
People are awful, we used to have plants stolen all the time in the area I used to live! Is there any way to secure your garden more? Have you looked into indoor gardening, might be a bit more secure for you? Plenty of things you can grow on a windowsill like herbs, and there are some tropical plants that grow well indoors. I have an African violet, a peace lily, and lots of ivy plants. In winter I bring my chilli pepper plants inside and they do well near a window. It is horrible when you find something that makes you feel good and then people are selfish! I hope you can find a way to enjoy it again
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I have a set of golf clubs I no longer use, complete with bag and trolley. My wife hates the room they take up and would like me to get rid. I have no idea where to sell them, or for how much. I kept them in the hope that one day I would play again. But have to concede I wont. I never played competitively or good actually and just played for fun and only seldom. They are in excellent condition, the bag and trolley are still as new.
Anyway do you know anyone that has a use for them? I am not looking to make a lot of money out of this, just looking for someone that could make good use of them. Any ideas?
I have had several Bonsai trees over the last few years. The one I have now seems to be struggling to survive!
Not sure if I am over watering or not! Anyone. Know about them, or what to do?
Thanks for that mate, It looks like the wait is over, finally. I will raise a glass to all on here for all the help I have been given. 😀
Great news. 😀
Patio and pathway in my little garden has been prepared and the hardcore spread and is now ready for the paving stone to be laid.
Bad news. 😕
Weather looks awful over the next few days.
Whatever happened to summer? 😮
I need help with keeping cats from invading my back garden.
I would like to do this in a humane way. I say this because my wife is close to getting a shotgun LOL.
We have security lights and the cats, or cat? Set these off and my wife always sees them come on, even from the adjoining room.
We have one of those solar powered 'sonic signal cat scare thing's ' That does not help, Or not with this particular cat anyway. We also have Lavender in the garden, doesn't help!
Any Idea's?
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My new garden paving is just a day away from being completed.
And would you believe it! The cat is all over it. It seems we have disturbed it's 'habitat' 😬
Sorry to all cat lovers, but I hate the thing. It even got to walk on it before we did.
Maybe they really are Gods like the Egyptians believed! 😕
Interesting. I had a look at what you sent me.
Thank you I will definitely look into that further.
Finally after 8 months of trying my garden paving is complete. 😃
It looks great. It may be small and costly, but it is lovely. Now at last there is no more of me going on about it. I can just enjoy it. All I need now is a bit of decent weather!!!
Thanks to all for the he!p, guidance, support and advice. I value it all. 😀
Any pictures?
Pictures of new garden paving. We still need to have the resin sprayed on to fully complete it. 😃
I’m glad you got it sorted
@66Mustang
Hope you like the photo's. All we need now is some good weather so we can enjoy it
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It took time but we got there in the end.
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Here's hoping. 😉
And of course I will toast you all.
Have a great weekend 😁
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