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Is it a crowded market?

Shud i put the price up and shud i tack 50 notes

People with money are a pain

Going to get this one, thanks you

Great advise as always Rod, wish I'd had this advise when I started 16 years ago!! all the best for 2025

Thankyou Rob,That was so helpful to listen to really really helpful and I definitely am learning whith my gardening business,all the best with your gardening jobs!

100% right buddy.

pick and choose rob like I do PEOPLE WANT THE BEST FOR NOWT MATE ,John jp gardening manchester

Yes rob winter depressing I just bort a battery leaf blower for2025

I've had a customer ask me to come out to do theirs. I did it once, several days went by, they tried to con me and say I'd smashed their neighbours back door window. I questioned where it had come from and why was it after almost a week that it was mentioned. They tried to say my strimmer had smashed it. According to them it had gone by my guard, my plastic strimmer cord, not to mention their hedge/stone wall that was 4 foot tall. It was impossible. They asked me to go again and I went by the same day. They already cut it but called me out after they already did to attempt to waste my fuel and time. Sadly my partner works in the same place as her and the woman hasn't got a good name anymore. People assume that they are everything, when the reality is they aren't. It's just another job that cured me of a terrible customer.

How much would you charge for those two gardens?

another view. the customer gets a smart garden front and back for 14 days. That £35- 40 divided by the 14 is extremely good value for money. Let the moaning customers go and end up struggling to find replacement gardeners.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and family mate 👌👍

Where do you put grass clippings

Yea it's not the cancelling but treating you like an afterthought and wasting your time

Hey great video i watched a good few of these to get inspiration to do mine. This is my transit custom set up if anyone's interested th-cam.com/video/iQXMEDEgZAg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JgRIT5W5GkJEBPiT

Shows good strength of character to admit when you made a mistake. Fair play to you Rob.

(Window cleaning) "We'll have the first one, and if it's good we might go monthly". 🙄

Look at it like a taxi driver the metre is on from when you get in cab .its working time you cant work for nought .

I say i have to price jobs sepratly if they ask to trim hedge in with cut .most say thats ok .i price hedge same as grass cut that way its handy extra money .merry christmas to you

I find woman pensioners are the worst there over the moon when u start on a regular basis. But after time they start to realise how much its costing them .then it's a different story

Amazing how close grass cutting is to window cleaning. I had customers that wanted to lat me off over winter and tell me to come back in the spring. Also had people say "don't worry about it this week, they look alright". I always just said "yeah, no problem" and then not turn up again. It's even more satisfying when I would carry on cleaning their neighbours windows but jump in the van and miss theirs.

Rob, this video is out of sync with 2025. Next year (2025) is National Living Wage - £12.21 per hour £12.21 x 2080 (40 hours per week x 52 weeks of the year) equals £25,386 That works out to be £2115.57 a month That's without all the hassle of running a small business Really, it should be a minumim of £250 a day, trying to push £300. That's still not earning a fortune. For £200 a day, they would be better off working for someone else.

I’m going into my third year in April. I’m learning each year. Next year I’m hoping to pay myself a steady wage each month. Last year I didn’t save much for the winter, but this year I’ve had a saver for those quiet months. Totally agree with what you say, it’s beginning to feel like I’m getting a better understanding of what I’m doing.

They do a mulcher version now which is better for the green stuff. Tool steel blades make it far better it seems, not the chocolate ones fitted as standard. With the tool steel blades it self feeds far better.

Hi Rob, great content as always. Do you cut the second time at the same height? Nice one pal stay lucky

Hi rob how you doing. Love your channel. Going it alone with my own gardening business in 2025 and your channel has been so so hopeful, so thank you! Quick question, you mention in this video you don’t take on big customers, just wondering what your thinking is behind it? In my simple mind bigger customer bigger price (yes I’m very simple!) 😂 obviously I’m not targeting big customers to start of with, was just intrigued. Nice one fella.

I think youre wrong Rob. You should have taken his hourly rate and then asked him when he is setting up a pension scheme for you, and how much paid holiday he is willing to provide you every year. Oh, tell him your work boots need replacing too.😂

Great channel mate. Im not even a gardener any more, but still watch as all the problems you have are the same I have.

Can’t you buy a small trailer or dosnt that work in the UK

great advice as ever,no hourly rate is perfect, I'm retired now but the amount of times i was ripped off and challenged over my hourly rate,we live and learn Rob,👍

Great Presentation, just one thing ain’t you afraid of having your van with your business ad sticker being a target for thieves

Hi Rob Down here in South Wales I'm still mowing! (Using my Grin mulching mower) Also had a lot of garden clearance due to the latest storm. Can't count how many fallen trees I've cut up, still the wood burners gonna be happy next winter. Get yourself a Grin mulching mower. Fantastic bits of kit and happily cuts wet grass without making a mess. Cheers

Good advice Rob. I paid myself a pittance from my business account to help build up my capital, but it was ok because I had plenty of cash jobs as well.

My favourite time of the year for gardening is winter. Great work on the hedge. My last grass cut was on December 5th.

50 pounds an hours it’s hard physical work that’s why no one wants to do it ,you call up a plumber or other trades how much do they charge and they pay it you can’t work for cheap or your business will fail

I’m new to this grass cutting thing can you advice on what to buy I have a garden 55ft x 40ft and I want one that you don’t have to push any ideas thanks

I'm thinking once i get closer to [early] retirement age of doing this, maybe to look to earn 6000 a year. maybe work 3 days a week i won't need pay any ni or tax i guess. cheers for your videos, great business advice there and cheers for sharing very kind of you

Never help neighbours. Unless they are stuck outside and left the key inside. Only let them use your phone, don't let them in your home

Hi Rob, How do you dispose of your garden /Green waste? do you have a licence etc and which recycling centres accept it/ how much does it cost per visit to take it there? it seems very complicated! thanks

I would of charged for that visit and sure would get rid

After watching this i built my own and it works a treat. Well done Rob and thanks for sharing.

I have just started a landscape business with my nephew. He does all the hardscaping and I am in the process of building a lawn care (soft landscaping) side of the business. This will the business have a bit of financial consistency. Where as, the hardscaping can be more inconsistent by the nature of the job. Having 60 or 70 lawn care clients will generate work for the hardscaping side of the business! Fingers crossed, anyway! Fortunately, my background is door to door sales so I will be doing exactly what you are talking about in this video. If you are ever in Birmingham, let me know and you can come an knock doors with me! I will show you how to gain customers through cold calling at peoples homes! Let me know if you have any questions about door to door sales, mate. I would be more than happy to help you. Cold calling is not as hard as it sounds, mate. Thanks for the honesty, mate.

What advice would you give to someone who plans to start in 2025, solo, but wants to keep some hours in their current job incase things bomb? Thanks. Also, to keep initial expenses down I’m unsure whether I should get a trailer or a van? A trailer would be a pain in the arse, but a van is an extra expense, especially if things don’t work out. :(

Turnover is Vanity. Profit is Sanity ❤

1. Depends on area. 2. Type of clients and travelling. 3. Experience. 4. How hard you work or effective/efficient. 5. Overhead costs. 6. Variable costs. 7. Tax liabilities. 8. Living costs ie your own demographic house price /mortgage costs. 9. Hours worked per day ie 6 or 10. Many earn alot but many waste money too. 11. Quoting time, onsite and emailing quotations, pricing time unearned for materials. Deliveries etc. Lots too it. Plus administration /organising.

That's no mate rob😂 well done for walking

Interesting video as usual. I'm currently in the market for a backpack leaf blower. I'm a big Husqvarna fan but my budget doesn't stretch enough for a Husqvarna 570BTS. Hence, I'm considering the Stihl BR600. Any issues with the 4-mix engine since you've had it ?

Just finishing up my second year, my brainwave about a month ago was to buy bulbs wholesale and sell them to clients for a decent mark up I made about £300 extra just on this alone and turned a potential skint winter into a comfortable one. I'm planning on tripling down on this next year with summer flowering and spring flowering bulbs Maybe I'll actually hit my targets next year from this, I'll let you know

Brilliant as always Rob