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Chris Garnons-Williams is the Sole Trader of Ivydene Horticultural Services. Mobile: 07989 644883 Email: As shown in the text box under the Ivydene Worm Logo. Ivydene Horticultural Services There are no materials stored at the above address and no clients are seen at the above address. Charging Rates
at £12 an hour or £96 an 8 hour day. Minimum Labour Charge of £30. £0.30 a mile from my home to you and back to my home travel charge per period worked at your property. 50% markup on goods/services to pay for my expertise in its selection, fitness for purpose and quantity required. |
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Ivydene As an Organic Gardener, I design, construct and maintain private gardens. I can also advise and teach you in your own garden. 01634 389 677 |
If the cost of the work to be done exceeds £35, then the following letter will be completed with you during the first Site visit:- Ivydene Horticultural Services, Job Number: IVY......... Dear ……......................................................... Thank you for asking me to provide and estimate/undertake work in your garden. I confirm that you require .................................................... At this site visit, we have agreed that I will start this work on……………............................................. The charges will be £12 per hour (minimum charge £30) for labour only, including time taken for planning, surveying the site or collecting materials. All materials, including fuel for By virtue of the Cancellation of Contracts made in a If you wish work to be started within 7 days from today, EITHER 1. Cancellation of Work OR 2. Confirmation of Work I look forward to working with you. Yours sincerely, Site Visit - Chris Garnons-Williams signature ........................... If I have only received confirmation by telephone, then until the following is signed, no work will be carried out:- |
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If the work requires Design (See Figure 1 of Case Study 3, for minimal design requirements and Figures 1 and 4 of Case Study 4 for major design requirements including Case Study 4 - planting designs) then the next Site Visit after the 7 days cancellation notice has expired will discuss that requirement and a site survey will be carried out before an Overall Design Plan is produced for a later Site Visit. Payment will be required for the Site Survey, the time taken to create the Overall Design and the Overall Design Plan. Once the Overall Design is approved, then further detailed plans and costings of Materials/Labour Time from those plans will be done. Each costing will be agreed before work on site is started. Otherwise if no Design is required, the Materials/Skip or other External Costs will be agreed before work on site is started. |
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Notes:- 1. You may say that you want to use someone who has the training, experience and knowledge to maintain your garden, but that is not always what is actioned in whom you choose:- A lady phoned me and pointed out that she had employed a gardener who she had to tell which plant was a weed and which a plant that she wanted to keep; and that she wanted someone who knew how to maintain her garden. I suggested that she looked at this website to show her that I knew something about gardening. I never heard from her again.
2. If you agree to employ me, then I normally state when I am going to come and start. If it is raining when I arrive, then I see you and state that I do not normally start work in the rain, so we make an arrangement for when I next come, before I leave the site. I do not normally expect the following before I have started an agreed contract, whether it is a spoken or written one:-
Subject: Hello From: Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk Date: 9 June 2010 12:07:25 BST To: gardensbyivydene@mac.com This is just to let you know that we have managed to source someone who can pick up the remaining outstanding jobs in the garden, and finishing the entire work by the end of next week.
We will, therefore, no longer need you to carry out the scheduled three and a half days' work in wc 16 and 23 June.
Many thanks for all your help with getting so far.
kind regards
Rachael
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********************************************************************** Subject: Re: Hi From: gardensbyivydene@mac.com Date: 28 May 2010 15:49:07 BST To: Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk Thanks. The 9 bags of Mushroom Compost are from your previous supplier and so equate to the size of your remaining 4 bags, but 1 cubic metre of compost would be more than sufficient. It will leave some left over for your front bed. I suggest you use Allsand Supplies Ltd of Maidstone for the sharp sand and get it delivered loose on the road. The earliest I could make it would be Wednesday 16th June followed by Monday 21 June.
Chris
On 28 May 2010, at 07:55, Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk wrote:
Thanks.
Your assessment of three and a half days is fine and am v happy for you to finish that. What is of concern is that you are unable to restart this until wc 21 June - is there any way you could do this sooner - it doesnt need to be in three consecutive days? Secondly how much volume does 8/9 bags of compost equate to? If I order 9 bags then the supplier will want to know what size. And can you remind me please of who your suggested supplier was - and I will order that today along with the sand. I will pass on your comments to Steve about the cement mixer - I do need to phone him today.
Rachael
Christopher Garnons-Williams <gardensbyivydene@mac.com> 28/05/2010 05:48ToRachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.ukccSubjectRe: Hi
Dear Rachael,
Thank you for your email. The work I have done in mixing the earth, sand and compost is based upon the lawn areas being seeded, and so is level with the path. Completing the digging out of only these back lawn areas and preparing it in this way ready for seeding will require a further cubic yard of sharp sand and 8/9 more bags of Mushroom Compost to add to the 4 remaining. Any lawn area dug up before and any of the remaining is mixed in the cement mixer and returned to existing lawn areas only. Any further rubble found in the lawn areas will be put into the empty mushroom compost bags and left on the patio. The work will take 3.5 days to do at a labour and mixer fuel cost of £379 (£364+£15).
Steve had not said there was a time limit for the mixer, and it required quite a lot of repair (replaced engine oil, added 0.5 pint of transmission oil to the gearbox, used redex to clear the carburettor and piston cylinder, removed engine oil from air filter, and plugged holes in mixer with bath sealant) before it was fully functioning to mix the 18 tons of wet mixture already laid. If the mixer is moved, I request that it not be flipped onto its barrel, or the engine oil will flood the air filter and piston, which will then need cleaning again. If 2 people lift it on and off its stand, then it will remain in peak condition, although some welding either side of the join in the barrel is required fairly soon, otherwise the 2 halves will be coming apart.
I could complete this digging in the week commencing 21 June 2010 and will return your keys through the letter box between Tuesday and Friday next week. I shall need water from the outside tap only. There is enough material for the first day, so delivery of the additional sharp sand and compost could be arranged by you for any time within that Monday 21 June, if that would be convenient.
Please let me know if this is satisfactory and I will block out the days in my diary.
Regards
Chris
On 27 May 2010, at 10:07, Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk wrote:
If sorting this out is proving problematic - here's a solution. Come and finish the digging out of the grass - and I will pay for that. I am assuming that this would not take too much longer and it does need doing soon as we are wearing our goodwill thin with the cement mixer - as I am not entirely certain how long you agreed with Steve.
I can hopefully finish the remainder of the work myself.
Does that seem sensible?
Rachael
Subject: Re: Hi From: gardensbyivydene@mac.com Date: 24 May 2010 21:31:09 BST To: Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk In doing the work on 10, 12 and 13th May, I had then exhausted the 10 days of labour cost for work on the garden, so I have not charged for the mixer fuel, the days on 18 and 19 May or the 3 hours on 21 May or for coming and watering the pots. Is there any more money left for labour or do you expect me to continue to work for a loss?
Chris
On 24 May 2010, at 15:27, Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk wrote:
Thanks v much for all you have managed to achieve whilst have been away - pond looking good! I have just transferred £497 to your account this afternoon.
Can you let me know realistically now how much longer you expect it will take to finish grass, pond, turf, leaky piping and gravel at the front. It does seem to be taking a lot longer than anticipated, but it would be good to get things finished soon. We also need to let Steve have the cement mixer back sooner than later.
I am happy to purchase stuff via internet if you let me know measurements etc and get delivered. I will also chase Steve about getting the front wall done and bed dug out and checking what if anything still needs to be done with side path/gravel before we embark on that.
Just so you are aware, I am unable to take any more time from work for the forseeable future.
many thanks
Rachael
PS - did you mention at some point low voltage lighting or am I dreaming? Subject: Re: Hi From: gardensbyivydene@mac.com Date: 24 May 2010 16:45:02 BST To: Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk Can we meet and talk about the options and then I can tell you how much longer and what materials we need?
Best Regards
Chris
On 24 May 2010, at 15:27, Rachael_Curtis@johnlewis.co.uk wrote:
Thanks v much for all you have managed to achieve whilst have been away - pond looking good! I have just transferred £497 to your account this afternoon.
Can you let me know realistically now how much longer you expect it will take to finish grass, pond, turf, leaky piping and gravel at the front. It does seem to be taking a lot longer than anticipated, but it would be good to get things finished soon. We also need to let Steve have the cement mixer back sooner than later.
I am happy to purchase stuff via internet if you let me know measurements etc and get delivered. I will also chase Steve about getting the front wall done and bed dug out and checking what if anything still needs to be done with side path/gravel before we embark on that.
Just so you are aware, I am unable to take any more time from work for the forseeable future.
many thanks
Rachael
PS - did you mention at some point low voltage lighting or am I dreaming?
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