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Recommendation for gardener/handyman

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  • 19-05-2013 7:02pm
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    Straylight
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭


    I'm recovering from surgery at the moment and as a result I'm unable to cut the grass. With the recent warmer weather it's growing quite quickly and it'll be completely out of control by the time I'm able cut it myself. Would anyone be able to recommend someone local that I could call? It's just grass cutting, I'm not looking for landscaping or anything complicated.


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    Gaspode
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    Thread here quite recently: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84404945


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    Justin10
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    If its just grass cutting would one of local young lads not be delighted to get paid to cut it, and save you money too?


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    Straylight
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Straylight


    That would be ideal if I knew any local lads, but they're all a bit young around here to be let loose with a lawnmower. All I could find were landscaping companies who'd probably charge a fair bit, and really all I'm looking for is a once-off bit of grass cutting.


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    Justin10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,199 ✭✭✭Justin10


    Straylight wrote: »
    That would be ideal if I knew any local lads, but they're all a bit young around here to be let loose with a lawnmower. All I could find were landscaping companies who'd probably charge a fair bit, and really all I'm looking for is a once-off bit of grass cutting.

    Thats unfortunate, id happily do it for you but ive currently got exams. Hopefully someone else on here be able to do it for you.


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    Straylight
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Straylight


    So after a bit of searching around I found this guy on adverts.ie. He's just left and I have to say he did a great job. The garden looks really good now. He cleaned up after himself and took all the grass cuttings away for an extra tenner, which was definitely worth it. And best of all, he arrived at exactly the time he said he would, which I really appreciate. Nothing worse than waiting for hours for deliveries or workmen to arrive.

    And is always the way, about an hour after I booked him the other day some guy called at the door asking if I wanted my grass cut. :rolleyes:


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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    ^ Why did you pay him to take the grass away? Do you not have a brown bin? Or is your garden huge and the grass wouldn't fit in it?


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    Straylight
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Straylight


    The garden is fairly average sized, but the brown bin is pretty small so a normal cutting of the front and back will generally fill it up completely. However the grass in the back was quite long, so there's no way the brown bin would have held everything.


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    dodzy
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    Straylight wrote: »
    The garden is fairly average sized, but the brown bin is pretty small so a normal cutting of the front and back will generally fill it up completely. However the grass in the back was quite long, so there's no way the brown bin would have held everything.

    A brown bin will hold an average front / back jungle cutting no problem. And a neighbours;)


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