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Good comms and completed job no fuss

Dig shallow trench in garden lawn for pavers

$150

Brilliant job and fabulous communication. Thank you so much!!!

Gardening: backfill trench with soil for planting

$90

Tim was friendly, on time and was able to complete the job within the time frame he specified even in extreme heat. He did a great job with the trenches we requested and was able to advise on size and location.

Digging trenches

$200

Thanks for doing a great job Daniel.

Digging trench seacombe heights

$140

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Labourer to back fill 20m long trench

$360

Balhannah SA, Australia

14th Apr 2024

We need a labourer to backfill a 20m long trench with gravel/metal screenings over a layer of geofabric sheeting and a tube pipe. This will require someone to have their own trailer to collect the gravel from our local sand and soil supplier 8 km away. 2 tonne of soil in total is estimated for the job (might not need that much). The cost of this job is for labour and petrol for each trip to supplier and not materials (we will organise this separately). This needs to be done by Wednesday 17 April.

I need some trenches filled in with loam

$500

Burnside SA 5066, Australia

6th Mar 2024

Sorry to all who have replied, the council has to send another aborist to assess trees before we can do any work so time frame has probably pushed out significantly. We have a vac company making some trenches (to do root investigations). Yet to confirm date for this. The following day I will need a couple of laborers to refill the trenches with loam. Happy to pay per hour for time. I will post photos of the trenches once they have been done.

Digging trenches

$200

Cheltenham SA, Australia

2nd Mar 2024

Trenches dug for hedge planting along fences. Two trenches 6m and 15m long. A section of sprinkler system lays along the 15m side and some advice about whether to move it forward on the process would be appreciated. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Tim was friendly, on time and was able to complete the job within the time frame he specified even in extreme heat. He did a great job with the trenches we requested and was able to advise on size and location.

Dig shallow trench in garden lawn for pavers

$150

Plympton Park SA, Australia

7th Oct 2023

I’m laying some pavers around the edge of my lawn and need the edge dug out approx 10cm deep. Can be done with shovel. Edge around lawn is approx 15m in length that needs digging see photos. I will do the pavers just need it dug out. Some lawn that is dug up I will replant, most can be tossed in green bin - Due date: Before Friday, 13 October 2023

Good comms and completed job no fuss

Trench digging

$1,000

Melrose Park DC SA 5039, Australia

19th Jan 2023

I've received some feed back and so will try to improve my explanation: I need two French trench's dug in my garden and separate to that about 1.5 ton of dirt removed from the property. The trenches, 1 behind a 7 foot hedge(13mtrs) the other in front of the shed garden bed (7mtrs). I am thinking about 200wide x 400mm deep. But am open to recommendations. No access for machinery other than hand equipment. The dirt that needs removal is a) the over burden from the trenches and b) a pile at the back of the yard. -

Dig trenches for lawn irrigation

$200

Vista SA, Australia

3rd Jul 2022

Need 100mm trenches dug for lawn irrigation as per the diagram. Block size is a rectangle and is approximately 20m x 10 m - Due date: Flexible

Digging a trench

$150

Hackham SA 5163, Australia

27th Nov 2021

I need a trench in the shape of an isosceles Trapezoid with a depth of 25cm to lay bricks in to build a border for bark to be put on. The measurements are 160cm for top, 130cm base, left diagonal 255cm, right diagonal 294cm. Shovels and pick axe available for use for task. - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, 27th Nov 2021

Stepping stones through lawn and trench dug

$500

Adelaide SA, Australia

25th Apr 2021

Laying bluestone pavers/stepping stones (0.4mx0.6m) through a flat lawn to an outdoor courtyard. The length of the lawn to the courtyard is ~10.8m, each paver is 0.4m long and we are looking to alternate 0.4m of lawn between each paver i.e. 0.4m paver and then 0.4m lawn. 28 pavers to be laid in total, laying x2 wide. All materials supplied. Before the pavers are laid we also require a 500mm trench dug under where the pavers will be to run some conduit.

Unacceptable quality of work: Quite a simple job (laying stepping stones through a lawn area) however Daniel was unable to complete the job to a satisfactory standard. We had issues with the pavers (stepping stones) not being level, odd distances apart and uneven amount of base material underneath - which resulted in pavers lifting if you stepped on the wrong edge. My guess is Daniel believed this was a very easy task (albeit priced at $600 labour, which works out to 1.5 days according to Daniel’s day rate) and arrived to the job on a Friday afternoon which gave himself only half a day to finish. End result is the pavers he started on first are perfect, the ones he was working on in the dark are very poor. It’s not all negative - I can complement Daniel on his good communication and wanting to do the right thing - we settled on lowering the quote to 1/3 the original price (thank you for being flexible) and I’m in the process of arranging a professional landscape company to fix the job.

Digging trench seacombe heights

$140

Seacombe Heights SA, Australia

15th Dec 2020

Hi I’ve got some trenches around my pool that need tidying up before pipes are laid, half a days work, maybe more. Needs to be done ASAP please

Thanks for doing a great job Daniel.

Gardening: backfill trench with soil for planting

$90

Burnside SA 5066, Australia

14th Oct 2020

We have a 10 metre long trench which we dig to fill with soil for planting bamboo. It now need to be backfilled with approx 2.5m3 of compost and soil (already on site) (My husband started the job but now work is too busy and he can't find time to finish) There are then 8 bamboo which need to be planted in the trench (we can do or you can) There are also 2 planter boxes to be filled with soil which will hold 1 bamboo each. Would love to have job completed next week. Photos of trench, planter boxes and soil attached.

Brilliant job and fabulous communication. Thank you so much!!!