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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:48 pm
by mickg
when did you start your business Michael ?
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:50 pm
by michaelthegardener
2004 
mostly just garden maintanance and some fenceing up till now though
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:53 pm
by lutonlagerlout
you have a personalised plate so things must be ok
I havent got the foggiest on softscaping so I cant comment on the planters etc,but the fence looks nice and straight
if you do any work just refer to the main site for guidance and if you get stuck ask away
we all started somewhere and i have to admit my first patio some 24 years ago was a fail
had to cut 5 inches off the bottom of the gate
all the best michael
LLL
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:06 pm
by michaelthegardener
Well i went to College and got a national certificate in horticulture that did include landscape construction bricklaying and that and i couldnt get a job so i thought ill have a go on me own and as daft as it may seam i used to walk or me mum used to take me to jobs ! i had to make money to learn to drive so i did i also started with basic/cheap tools and replaced them as i made more i allways wanted a personalised plate so i bought one as kind of an insentive cos then i had to work harder to get a van new enough to put it on :laugh: i had a suzuki supercarry first wasnt the quickest but no matter how much weight was in it it never went any slower :p did feel quite good the day i bought the van ive got now knowing i made every £ myself 
those planters were a bit of a pain i cut the sleapers by hand ! :O ive not done any real big jobs yet on the line of patios and the like just small repair jobs really
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:18 pm
by mickg
well seeing as we are in 2010 you have done very well to survive the last 5/6 years
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:20 pm
by michaelthegardener
it will be 6 years on the 4th of august actually might even have a cake 
:laugh:
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:09 am
by GB_Groundworks
good work mike and welcome to the brew cabin
i always fancied D16GER for our 3cx, but went years ago
i read that G1LES went for £60k at an auction
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:03 am
by lutonlagerlout
when my missus and I got married her initials became BMW
so thats her plate out of the window then :;):
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:24 am
by michaelthegardener
i wanted a plate for years and had a look an couldnt resist it wasnt to bad price wise £399 with the fees direct from the DVLA see quite a lot of them around here
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:56 pm
by Dave_L
You definitely bought from the right place, the DVLA, directly.
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:11 pm
by mike builder/landscaper
good on yer. ya must be doing something right. ive been in business for 26 yrs and i still cant afford private plates for me tranny van
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:18 pm
by Dave_L
I love private plates that actually mean something.
Big gas company has many plates ending ....GAS, looks the dogs.
Always wanted something ....TAR, but all seems taken.
Got BIG 500 on our 500BHP "company ornament"
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:21 pm
by lutonlagerlout
private plates not really my cuppa tea,unless they spell an exact name or phrase
i think michael's fits that bill
LLL
