Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Mar 22, 2013 11:58 am We're about at the stage where I am about to start my outside activities - ie landscaping. We'll be in SEQ - but well outside Brisbane. Does anyone have an idea on what I would be expected to pay certain people: - Straight laborer - moving dirt or other material - per hour/day ? - Tradesman - someone who has a bobcat, truck etc - per hour/day ? I have my plans but plan to use othes to do certain things. Would laboring be the same - no-matter what was being moved ? Thanks. Re: Value/Cost - Hiring People to Work ? 2Mar 22, 2013 11:59 am Also - anyone got some good contacts up and around Caboolture way ? Re: Value/Cost - Hiring People to Work ? 3Mar 22, 2013 12:28 pm Not sure what the labourer would cost, but excavation work (where they typically bring an excavator, bobcat and possibly a dump truck) generally costs around $100 per hour plus travel. Re: Value/Cost - Hiring People to Work ? 4Mar 23, 2013 7:09 am sbryzak Not sure what the labourer would cost, but excavation work (where they typically bring an excavator, bobcat and possibly a dump truck) generally costs around $100 per hour plus travel. So - it would be good to know exactly what I want before they arrive. I was thinking of someone bringing stones or soil from the front to rear - maybe 30 metres ? Re: Value/Cost - Hiring People to Work ? 5Mar 24, 2013 8:10 am I also don't want to seem lousy or not willing to pay the going rate. The last home I lived in didn't have a pool and when i went to sell it the agents were not happy, even telling me to put one in to sell the place. The agents weren't happy… 2 4160 As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 27262 They make the room much easier to clean for one, reflect more light (if light colour tiles are used), and you dont end up with dust on the top edge of tiles (cause most… 3 9539 |