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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:24 am
by michaelthegardener
Anyone ever done a bit of work for free in the hope it would leed to more work from the goodwill ? im tempted to offer to cut the grass at my local church for the year its a mess and it pisses me off every time i pass ??? its not entirely selfless though im getting married there in august 
i want the background of the pics to look nice 
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:24 am
by Carberry
If you're going to do it then offer to do it regularly in exchange for putting up a board / banner and or an advert in the church newsletter.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 4:18 pm
by dig dug dan
i Agree. the number of times i have done freebies, especially for neighbours of where i am working, who later on get all the drive done and landscaping work, without asking for a quote! 
Although, if you do the church grass, and stick a fish logo on your van, you will get more work
:;):
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:13 pm
by local patios and driveway
Dont do free work for any other reason than as a good deed, it rarely becomes more than that.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:22 pm
by lutonlagerlout
tough one
ATM i am kissing the Nuns arses trying to get my daughter in to a top catholic secondary school.they need a line pole concreted,its done next day " no charge ,sister"
however the day miss lout starts at the school
(assuming the nuns dont read this site)
I will be getting very busy
there is an element of self interest in nearly all so called selfless acts
like dan I have thrown lots of spratts and caught sweet FA mackerel
its up to you michael
LLL
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 7:51 pm
by mickg
I got a phone call 5 weeks ago asking if I would do a favour and help out by digging a garden off for nothing so they could have the total area covered with a child friendly rubber surface and she went on the explain that her 3 year old child had Angelman Syndrome which at the time meant nothing as i did not know what the symptoms were other than she said he will never be able to walk or talk and without a blink of an eye I said yes there and then as its not that often we can give something back to someone who is less fortunate than us and in doing so I actually made her cry on the phone, with tears of joy I must add as she had been knocked back by 4 other landscaping companies and she had expected the same answer from me too
Angelman Syndrome
I gave her phone numbers of skip companies and builders merchants to get the materials free of charge and the skip was provided free by a local skip company and the 6 ton of MOT and 8 x 2 treated timber rails to fix to the existing timber fence were provided free by Travis Perkins so hats off to both companies for helping out
it was a hard dig to say the least with the garden full of builders rubble under the turf but it was done knowing we are helping someone in their time of need and the work completed in time for his birthday
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:17 pm
by ken
fair play to you mick for doing that, did the Bolton evening news cover the story? im sure ive read about some thing similar
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:21 pm
by mickg
cheers Ken
the little lad was in the Bolton Evening News a while back as they did cover the story of the Angelman Syndrome and she did try to get in touch with the paper a few weeks ago to get a reporter to call round but no one got back to her
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:24 pm
by haggistini
Nice one!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:49 pm
by lutonlagerlout
fair does mick
to do it unpublicized speaks wonders
i seem to remember you helping someone on here who was failing FOC,greenhouse base?
I often help people who are prepared to help themselves if that makes sense
went to the allotment and stoned up and 84 year olds path tonight with a spare 1.5 tonne of type 1,thing is he is very helpful in his advice etc where a lot over there wont tell you anything
LLL
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:05 pm
by mickg
yeah I did a couple of years ago as the guy was having trouble with the foundation for his green house, no big deal to the likes of us but a major contract to the guy who does not know how to do it
yeah it does make sense, I do the same
good on ya, are you after his tomatoes
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 1:27 am
by lutonlagerlout
his plot
is like a bowling green :;):
LLL
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:31 pm
by rab1
yours will be to tony after another 40 years of hard work.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:11 am
by GB_Groundworks
we do loads of free work for our rugby club, my dad was there all day sunday slitting the 3 old pitches and 2 new ones ready for sand spreading, some times you have to help out. local landscaper near my house in shefield has a big board at a church and cuts the grass etc,
the church crowd are certainly a good crowd to get in with
im to much of an atheists to get involved with the god squad 
