Steve wrote:
"Rob Morley" wrote in message
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In article , "Steve"
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My mate's 16-year old son is going to do some work for us before he
starts
at college. We're going to hire a skip and he's going to do a
general garage
tidy-up (and believe me it needs doing )) and clear the area
behind the garage. The biggest job however, will be the front
"garden".

The previous owners got rid of the lawn (not very well, I might
add), laid
visqueen, and then put on about 2 to 3 tons of pea gravel. We want
to get rid of the pea gravel, level the ground properly, lay
landscape fabric and
then put down a couple of tons of 20mm Golden Gravel.

He's a good strong lad and well up for doing the work for us (I
can't because of a back injury) but we haven't got a clue what to
pay him, and he
doesn't know what to ask for because he's never done a job like
this for money before. We obviously want to pay him a fair price
for his hard graft
so has anyone got any ideas as to what we should be paying him, and
should
we say so much per hour or give him a lump sum for the job?

I reckon minimum £5/hr. Does the job include the levelling and
laying, or just clearing?

Wow, that got a fair amount of replies quite quickly )

Thanks to all who've replied. I think we'll probably try for the £7
per hour or about £50-£60 per day mark - that seems quite reasonable
and if someone was paying me to do it, I'd be happy with that.

Cheers all,

Steve.

Steve.

Yeah, and dont forget his tea breaks and dinner, goes without saying really.
:-)