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Absolutely brilliant, I am a self employed Gardener and I have had some trouble figuring out how to quote.. I have given quotes and then got to the job and they've been so much more difficult than anticipated and Ive realised why the customer snapped my hand off at the original price Haha.. but I think the little 20 and 30 quid calls are the best.. if you can fill your diary and your days with them you're on to a winner.. I also have trouble with a few customers paying on time, I think I will send them Sunday reminders from now on..

If you get offered work you really don't want to do, ask for a price way higher than you would normally charge. That way if they do agree to it it's worth your time.

I agree with the no money talk when quoting because there are times when they will try and knock you down I hate that it puts pressure on which we don’t need

What a top bloke you are. Such helpful advice and done in a very professional way. I’m in my 50s and looking to do something outdoors and with no office politics. Your videos are pure gold. Thanks a lot.

Yes mate, might be two years ago this video but this is a big help even in this day and age!

This is invaluable information folks. Listen and learn. Where has this guy been all my life 😆. This is how to do it.

Great advice thank you

Some great info here some people starting out Rob

2 years on brother and now your at 8.6k subs well in brother

I went to give a quote when I really got too much work but I was in that area and I said ok well if I did want the job I would have said £ 40 quid but actually I was really busy and I thought I couldn't really take this on so I said 80 quid and they said OK did that job for years one the best jobs I've ever done if you don't like the looks of a job just put a ridiculous high quote in.👍

Great bit of advice. Thank you.

Just discovered your channel,thanks for the tips

You’ve helped me so much thank you

Thank you so much for these tips, these can help me in the next future! Thank you!

Thanks very much. Excellent video

This is all excellent advice, thank you for sharing these things.

Top Man Rob

Some more helpful tips, thank you, enjoying your videos :-)

Really useful 👍🏻

EXCELLENT video Rob 👍🏼

Hi Rob great videos 👍

Good on you Rob, keep it going mate. I'm enjoying your videos.

Great video. Pricing is doing my head in.

Hi Rob, Excellent advice very wise glad your business is doing well and your videos are very useful

Just stumbled across your video and have to say thanks so much for the advice! I'm just starting my own grounds maintenance business after losing my job as a grounds maintence operative and was struggling with pricing ect as I know nothing about that. I've just subscribed and look forward to watching your videos 👍

Hello Rob.You have popped up on my feed, so have watched a few of your videos. Good to listen to you with your advice on your own experiences. Have subscribed to help you out and look forward to seeing more from you !

Great videos you put together. Just seeing this one now

Been doing domestic and commercial work for a good few years now. Just watched all your videos liked and subscribed .keep them coming Rob.

Thanks Rob, really helpful and some good tips, wish you had been around with advice when I started! Have a good great break.

I am starting this spring, going from health care for 18 years. Done garden maintenance part time with a mate for 6 years, here and there. I'm a little anxious but this has made me feel more confident. Taking the time to express exactly what there money is going on makes it more lucrative

Just watched this video too Rob. Planning to give up the office life and try my hand at my passion . Slowly at first like you did and hopefully build it up. Cheers

Some great video on this chanel! I've just started a small gardening company back in March. I'm based in South Shields so not too far! Looking forward to more video keep up the great work!!

Another great video Rob, I'm a new subscriber but I've gone back and watched a fair few of your videos already! Absolutely nothing worse than chasing up a customer for money when you're already busy with everything else.. especially when you've done a good job and worked hard it is the very least they can do in my opinion.

Helped me G

Very honest vid. I know exactly what your saying. I bet you had some hard lessons before you came to where you are now lol. People don't realise the work we put in. Best of luck from Ireland and to your channel. 👍🇮🇪

I love the videos mate! Wise words and great minds think alike! New follower here keep the videos coming. We could be brothers the way we think and the same hair cut 😂

An old vid, but great stuff mate. I learning a few things! I like the idea of immediately handing them a business card... that's a good ice breaker to get your foot in the door. I've just subbed as I enjoy your content :)

Hi rob frist time on watching your video 👍very interesting on quotes how you 👍 £20 pound a lawn sounds about right other wise customers just dont want to pay yeah bigger the garden you have to charge more. Hope to watch your next video 👍

Great video rob.totally agree with you on prices. I have been doing this along time. I went to horticultural college for 3 years and learnt about plants etc. So when we go and quote at jobs and or if we get the job these people are paying for a pro job. And your work looks amazing pal.rob we also have to buy pro machines. I've just currently invested in a sthil long reach battery hedge cutting unit. Amazing by the way. This obviously needs to be taken into account. Great video rob.

Hi Rob Really enjoyed this video buddy, very informative. I’ve been a self employed gardener for 16/17 years now. Last year went grass cutting only ( not getting any younger). New to you tube and can’t see the link you said you’d post. Like the way you worded that. If you could help please. Thankyou John

Good video mate. I have never talked money. It puts people on the spot and they could sign up in haste so you are right let them process it.

really seem like a very nice person, always good for business, I'm a gardener myself on £140 a day but I'm about to start getting my tree surgery tickets so gonna have to take a little paycut.

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Can you do something about all the catches/negatives about having a business (tax.bad customers.hours. etc. O yeah ur videos are brilliant thanks for teaching us stuff

Hi buddy. I've subscribed to your new channel. Best of luck with it. I've been a full time gardener now for 6yrs. I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I disagree with a bit also. But I really like your honesty and there is no right or wrong way to run every business. You do what's best for you in your area. I do what works for me in mine. Good luck with the YT channel and your business! Happy to chat anytime.

hi robyour so right in in quoting and pricing,mark

I get what you say, but I visit potential clients face to face. You then learn early on if the folks are decent (usually over a cup of tea) and learn whether they are liabilities over payment or not. Never have I relied on a photo of a job, in 21 years as clients can refer photos of when they bought the house years previously, but let go over the years......lol

Great vid very informative !! I started a few years back when i retiered just something to keep me going so to speak the one thing as corny as this seems is i did not want to take work from those that needed it ie to pay the mortage feed the kids etc etc all i wanted was to work and do a good job !!! I only say this because i did no marketing at all NOTHING but work kept coming and one day i asked a customer why me scruffy van no logo etc etc etc andthe answer was quite up lifting for me " I use you because you turn up when you say you will you always have a smile but most important you go the extra mile " what extra mile ???? well you have not complained once about moving the swing and kids toys and how many times have you rolled up the hose and put it away tidy ?? thelast word she said was YOU CARE !!! Sorrynot wishing to blow my own trumpet moving the toys etc pisses me off but and a big but it has kept me in work !!!!! I am not cheap I charge what I think is the going rate and have even offered to bow out to give a pro a chance on one occasion so my conclusion is simple if you care and want to do a good job you will never ever be out of work and dont panic if its not there over night build a strong base from good footings "lecture over" thanks again for the up load it will help many that i am sure !!

This is all very interesting stuff and I agree with what you say, I've said it too, that you wouldn't expect to take your groceries home without paying. In my profession, photography, it was common practice to ask for payment a fortnight in advance of the event. The overheads are immense and the research involved is time consuming and that's before the costs of printing the fuel etc. Today Photographers have a day rate for a job and you wouldn't go below five hundred for the day but would more realistically aim at about eight hundred plus.

Hi Rob What do you do if you ever have a customer try and haggle and negotiate over the price? Amazing to see you had 50odd subscribers back when this video was made! Your channel has come a long way, fantastic channel with sound advice 👍👍thanks for all the content Rob cheers

Great tips there mate. For my regulars i mostly do monthly invoices, i find it easier to keep track of things that way and it makes the accounting at the end of the year a breeze. Keep up the good work pal. 👍

Hi Rob great video, very engaging and informative. I’m staring my own business and thinking about building up a customer base. Am wondering how you would go about telling people you don’t want the work? For me it’s an awkward situation so would be interested to know how you handle it. Thanks. Am off to watch your other videos now looking for handy tips!!!

Great videos! Recently found your channel and am enjoying the content! Just curious with your garden care if your price includes hedge cutting and weeding, etc or just the mowing? How do you handle the extras?

Hi Rob, that's a great tip you gave about not giving potential new customers an hourly rate, but instead giving a quote in writing later that day. I have to say I'm new to your channel and I take my hat off to you for all your free advice. I'm the same age as you and I'm about to start up my new gardening business so it's good to see and hear of your success. Keep up the great content 👍

Hi Rob. Very much enjoying the channel. Been gardening for a long time now, but your business head is very much more screwed on than mine so it's really made me think about some changes I need to make for the better, so thanks for that. Can I ask when you go to quote a garden an you know you dont want the work, how you then approach the customer to say it's not for you?

Hi just to say for this video mate .

Great video, everything you say makes sense to me. Keep up the good work.

I ever spout cost money, because believe you me they never forget what you said so when you go home and do a quote and it’s more there not happy. I always say I’ll email you a quote and I break it down so they can exactly see what there getting. Yes commercial customers nightmare wait ages for payment Mrs Jones pay instantly Happy days

Hey, great videos. All very helpful for a newbie gardener like me! I just wondered how you keep records of payment for your tax return? Do you invoice for every visit?

What do you do in the winter months Rob?

Rob is it a worthwhile prospect when quote a lawn cut by the square mtr or is there other things to consider?

I’m in South Wales and just setting up I’m going to buy some equipment tomorrow and sorting business cards today what are your top tips for me for the next few week. I’m excited but nervous any advise is so welcome. Many thanks in advance.

Hi Rob, Just noticed this video is two years old. Is this still the system you use or have you had to amend it in any way? Really helpful stuff, this

This might seem a strange question, but what do you do if you turn up and see a couple of dog doings lying dumped on the lawn by a great big Irish Wolfhound, that the customer let's run wild, even when you are there trying to give them a price? Trust me, I've had similar experiences, although in a slightly different field. My jobs were one offs, but if I saw anything like that, it immediately changed a price from £2,000 to £2,500.

Thanks for sharing. What do you do if a customer doesn't pay on the day and doesn't pay after the Sunday prompt? Do you write that money off and then let them go as a customer? Just curious.

I's so close to getting myself started out. But there is one question I haven't found an answer to. What kind of work can I fill the winter months with?

How strange, I work in the south east, I could never charge those prices here. People think a lawn cut is only worth £10 as only takes a short time. But suppose if people are willing to quote that, that's all customers think it is worth!

A pound a minute!

Let the negative comments gooooo. As long as you can close your eyes before you sleep content you are a millionaire my friend. He has the problem not you my friend. Chin up new day dawns.

How do you turn someone down? I'm nervous about doing that. Going to someone's garden and telling them I don't want to mow it. How do you do it? Great advice in these videos

I think i need to up my game , i only charge £15 per hour !

What sort of things can I say if I don't like the job

What do you do if they refuse to pay after you done the Job mate?

Bad days when people think youre expecting to be paid on the day of the iob being completed is asking too much lol. Why is it only gardeners are expected to wait for their money or be reasonable. If a plumber or spark turned up those people would pay up in a heartbeat.

A pound a minute job takes half HR that'll be 30 takes an HR thats 60