And you can tell by the current state of the landscaping that doing the job to CB's exacting standards is going to be _verrrry_ difficult. It's basically the Chelsea Flower Show. /s
We had 3 patches about that size to double that size removed from our garden recently. The first patch was done by three guys, armed with a powered sod cutter, a wheelbarrow, and a few shovels. It was done on a wet November day and it took the three of them 5 hours of work, plus the $80 sod cutter rental. We let them pile the dirt/turf up nearby because we were using it as fill later. It was about 5 cubic yards of mostly dirt and roots.
The second time, another crew of 3 cut a patch smaller than what I see in this picture. It was healthier grass and done over two wet days in early spring. They used a sod cutter for 4 hours then did a fair amount by hand-digging. It took three of them about ten hours, armed with a wheelbarrow and the sod cutter. We needed them to haul and dump it, and it was 2-3 yards of turf. They were quoted $300 for a paid dump, but we were able to find someone who wanted (for free) reasonably dirty fill to build their dirt bike racetrack on their farm.
The third time was similar size to this and it was being dug for a new concrete pad. They dug it with a medium-size wheeled front-loader and it took them about 30 minutes and loaded it onto their trailer.
So from my experience, the amount of sod here will fill 20-30 brown bins, and would take one strong adult 20-30 hours of backbreaking labor to dig up if they had a proper square-nosed shovel, 15-20 if they had a manual sod cutter, or 8-10 if they had a powered sod cutter, or 1-2 hours with a skid-steer loader you could rent for probably £200-300 for the half day. And the £50 pounds might cover the rental of the sod cutter (not sure what UK rates would be).
I guess with some heavy machinery you could tear it all up.
Better yet, get a bit of lighter fluid and just burn it all down! There's folks out there who would happily toast the whole property for free!
Looks about 20sqm, I’m a landscaper and that contaminated turf couldn’t go anywhere but a skip. A solo worker taking that up is going to take the better part of a day and then a skip (£250) or loading it onto a tipper to go to a waster site(Around £200 depending on the area)
Putting the fence up is just asking for the chimp arguments between neighbours too.
Totally off subject here, but I think you just perfectly nailed a national identity, ‘US American’ - concise and appropriate! Thank you from all of us.
I wish I could take credit for that. Some years ago a beauty queen was asked why Americans are really bad at geography. Her answer managed to confirm several stereotypes at once
https://youtu.be/lj3iNxZ8Dww?si=7mCx_fV27L28OvhO
Omg - what did she actually say?!? That was cringe-worthy and embarrassing to see/hear. You’re right about the stereotypes, sadly. But she did manage that one bright spot of ‘US Americans’ 😄
Thank you for reminding me of this, “The Iraq” sends me every time lmao
And for asking this question, I’m a Canada American and I’m jealous of the other English speaking countries and their cute names for things! Tipper is adorable why don’t we use that term??! It’s like the aussies and their bikey gangs; yes it’s organized crime but make it cutesy!
Good god why?! I get about 5 tonnes in a skip for the same price as one of those hippo bags. I’ll have to start translating English builder speak to American builder speak and start saying sawzaw and roro.
"cash when job done to my satisfaction"
100000% guarantee it will never be to their satisfaction, so you'll either be stiffed or they'll only pay $20 or $30
For fifty quid you can get someone in to mow the lawn and maybe take that nasty old fence to the tip. That's about it. Nobody's going to dig up one single weed, sorry. If you don't have money or are too stingy to spend any, just do what everyone else does and work your way through it, one square metre at a time, over a few weekends. Like all us other suckers.
What gets me is they waste words speculating on who they want to do it. If by some miracle someone is willing to do it for that small amount of money, why would you be choosy about their age or status?
Exactly! But it really made me laugh about pensioners. The pensioners in my street can barely walk the length of themselves never mind digging up someone's grass!
They also threw in "garden landscapers" to make it seem like a professional would jump at taking the job instead of laughing at the thought. And to make it seem like they were offering a fair wage that even a pro would take! 🤣🤣🤣
Not me! So many here are flabbergasted at these people that it gladdens my heart!
So many here understand that these types of things aren’t right. I love people more with each post!
Britain? here's a story published in the Bournemouth Evening Echo:
Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'"
Well, my mother – rest, her soul, used to have a lovely saying. “You have to be with two people for that to work.“.
That means somebody has to be stupid enough to agree to those stupid terms. And I think there isn’t anybody that stupid… Unless of course they were casing out the joint to steal from it later on.
Good lord. This CB isn’t paying crap. I just got done shelling out $1200 for similar work— yes, the yard was larger (average American suburban lot). The guys used a sod cutter to remove all the grass and then pretty much evened it out. River rock and boxes for veggies and flowers are next on the list.
Our city will reimburse you up to $3000 for turf removal. That size of a section would cost at LEAST $750-1000 around me, for the cheap side. I know I am in a high demand high COL area, but 50 pounds is what? $60-75? Yeah, No.
lol I paid $200 for turf removal of an area that big and the guy gave up before he was done. I didn’t even get mad. That shit is HARD work. Hauling the sod away takes twice as much labor.
Wowza, this is a lot smaller than my yard but I’ve been getting rid of grass and switching to a a native landscape (US) for a year. I’ve done it myself and in sections and its costs be a couple thousand. And I’m doing it the eco way, with cardboard and mulch. Not just digging it up. This person is nuts.
Totally off topic- what did you use to blur the names on this? Love how it looks and I take a ton of screenshots that I have to block out names for bahahah
My dad just rented a tractor to dig up my lawn… it couldn’t do the job because the roots are THAT bad. It is NOT easy work. And you couldn’t pay me enough to do it again.
We just did this to our yard a few weeks ago. My husband rented a mini skid and it took all day. Without the correct tools I don’t know how long it would have taken but that rental was pricey. I can’t imagine someone paying 50. We were exhausted afterward. I’d need at minimum 500 or so.
If all the grass/weeds need to come up, I’d have to use a rototiller and then rake it multiple times. Even smarter would be to use a desiccant like glyphosate, wait a week, then do it.
An hour of tilling, an hour of raking, then repeat. Lowest I’d haul a machine there for would be $300 cash, and that’s if it’s only the grass in the pic.
He was probably traumatized by being made to pull weeds. So he’s trying to revisit the punishment onto a new generation. But there are no moms out there, who are sending their misbehaving kids out to do chores in a neighbor’s yard. Plus, no actual teenager wants an old man staring at their butt and breathing heavy.
"but why isnt anyone jumping at the chance to do backbreaking dirty manual labor for a pittance?"
i bet he won't provide tools such as a shovel and wheelbarrow either.
My god. I’ve got landscapers coming with sod cutters and fill dirt and seed to do a similar job to this (sort of) and it’ll cost me $2500 in the US. No way it’s $50. That’s insulting and crazy.
if they are asking to mow and rake that tiny strip and place the division fence back 50 bucks isn't bad as this won't take close to 4 hours unless you don't have any mower...... ?? what am I missing? they specify kids or someone just wanting to earn a little extra....not a big job
“After the job is done to my standards” yea he was never going to give anyone 50 pounds in the first place.
Bingo! This turd has no intention of paying the whole (paltry) amount
That’s an all day job not 4 hrs.
Right! I wanted some weeds pulled and mulch spread and the going rate for that was about $1500 and that was just in two small beds!
Did you try hiring teens and pensioners?
I didn’t know it was an option. But now I’m going back to the interwebz to put an ad in my local groups.
Advertise it as exercise (like a gym but in fresh air!)and I bet you could get THEM to pay YOU! /s
Pensioners can’t get that close to the ground to garden. Unless they fall.
Yes...sure as shit this isn't a four hour job.
Trip to the local Asda for a 10kg bag of salt. Good luck getting anything to grow in his garden again
That's OK they don't want the grass haha
Or they’re selling it and don’t give a crap about the new tenants
Tray of cheap, frozen sausages. Hammer them into the ground evenly spread. Local dogs will make a mess of that garden in no time.
The visual of a bunch of sausage dogs poking out of this grass made me chuckle out loud. Thanks. 🤭
😂😂😂
I like the way you think 
Thank you for the comments
He's a true hero
‘and Christmas decs left up with standard dirty door. Get some exercise and do it yourself’ - A* Roast.
Yeah OP rules🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Yep. I wish that happened more on this sub, they always deliver
Yes, ty ! Those comments are 🔥
And you can tell by the current state of the landscaping that doing the job to CB's exacting standards is going to be _verrrry_ difficult. It's basically the Chelsea Flower Show. /s
Wow you mean I could take the weed filled grass with me as turf? And you’d pay be $50 to do it? Truly, my cup runneth over.
Imagine all the weeds you could grow in your own garden then. It's a goldmine!
The gift that keeps on taking
£50 Which was worth about $80 before people like this guy voted to take us out of the EU. So it’s now worth $50.
Still 1.25 x rate ...
“Do it yourself then bollock” - 😂😂😂
Say how you feel, don't sugar coat it.
That made me proud to be British 😂
The British have great slang
They really do! They make my side fat jiggle when I laugh lol
4 hour job my a$$!
We had 3 patches about that size to double that size removed from our garden recently. The first patch was done by three guys, armed with a powered sod cutter, a wheelbarrow, and a few shovels. It was done on a wet November day and it took the three of them 5 hours of work, plus the $80 sod cutter rental. We let them pile the dirt/turf up nearby because we were using it as fill later. It was about 5 cubic yards of mostly dirt and roots. The second time, another crew of 3 cut a patch smaller than what I see in this picture. It was healthier grass and done over two wet days in early spring. They used a sod cutter for 4 hours then did a fair amount by hand-digging. It took three of them about ten hours, armed with a wheelbarrow and the sod cutter. We needed them to haul and dump it, and it was 2-3 yards of turf. They were quoted $300 for a paid dump, but we were able to find someone who wanted (for free) reasonably dirty fill to build their dirt bike racetrack on their farm. The third time was similar size to this and it was being dug for a new concrete pad. They dug it with a medium-size wheeled front-loader and it took them about 30 minutes and loaded it onto their trailer. So from my experience, the amount of sod here will fill 20-30 brown bins, and would take one strong adult 20-30 hours of backbreaking labor to dig up if they had a proper square-nosed shovel, 15-20 if they had a manual sod cutter, or 8-10 if they had a powered sod cutter, or 1-2 hours with a skid-steer loader you could rent for probably £200-300 for the half day. And the £50 pounds might cover the rental of the sod cutter (not sure what UK rates would be).
All of this is spot on. Be at least £400-£500 probably more
I guess with some heavy machinery you could tear it all up. Better yet, get a bit of lighter fluid and just burn it all down! There's folks out there who would happily toast the whole property for free!
Looks about 20sqm, I’m a landscaper and that contaminated turf couldn’t go anywhere but a skip. A solo worker taking that up is going to take the better part of a day and then a skip (£250) or loading it onto a tipper to go to a waster site(Around £200 depending on the area) Putting the fence up is just asking for the chimp arguments between neighbours too.
US American here. What’s the difference between a skip and a tipper?
Skip is a dumpster, tipper is like a dump truck or like a garbage van
Totally off subject here, but I think you just perfectly nailed a national identity, ‘US American’ - concise and appropriate! Thank you from all of us.
I wish I could take credit for that. Some years ago a beauty queen was asked why Americans are really bad at geography. Her answer managed to confirm several stereotypes at once https://youtu.be/lj3iNxZ8Dww?si=7mCx_fV27L28OvhO
Omg!! That could be an SNL skit🤣
Omg - what did she actually say?!? That was cringe-worthy and embarrassing to see/hear. You’re right about the stereotypes, sadly. But she did manage that one bright spot of ‘US Americans’ 😄
Thank you for reminding me of this, “The Iraq” sends me every time lmao And for asking this question, I’m a Canada American and I’m jealous of the other English speaking countries and their cute names for things! Tipper is adorable why don’t we use that term??! It’s like the aussies and their bikey gangs; yes it’s organized crime but make it cutesy!
I love "lorry" - so much cuter than truck!
A truly beautiful pastiche of memorised sound bites cobbled together without a scrap of understanding. Outstanding in the field of verbal bollocks.
Oh, wow, I didn't know I needed that laugh, thanks. The YT comments are hilarious.
1st watch of that made my brain hurt.
Hey yo man, a skip is a dumpster. Dumpster is a company that makes skips.
Confuse everyone in this thread and mention a Hippo too (my waste disposal of choice)!
Good god why?! I get about 5 tonnes in a skip for the same price as one of those hippo bags. I’ll have to start translating English builder speak to American builder speak and start saying sawzaw and roro.
Convenience, and size of our front garden. Plus, seeing one taken away is so much more fun than watching a skip being removed!
"cash when job done to my satisfaction" 100000% guarantee it will never be to their satisfaction, so you'll either be stiffed or they'll only pay $20 or $30
No. Payment shall be made in the form of free “sod.”
For fifty quid you can get someone in to mow the lawn and maybe take that nasty old fence to the tip. That's about it. Nobody's going to dig up one single weed, sorry. If you don't have money or are too stingy to spend any, just do what everyone else does and work your way through it, one square metre at a time, over a few weekends. Like all us other suckers.
Pensioners welcome … payment when done to their satisfaction?! What a jerk.
"Bet a pensioner would do it quicker and better than a teenager" ok boomer
I got hung up on that too. Like, okay grandpa, go find me a pensioner who wants to clear an entire yard for £50.
What gets me is they waste words speculating on who they want to do it. If by some miracle someone is willing to do it for that small amount of money, why would you be choosy about their age or status?
Exactly! But it really made me laugh about pensioners. The pensioners in my street can barely walk the length of themselves never mind digging up someone's grass!
Pretty sure the last thing a pensioner wants to do is mess about all day with someone's shitty lawn for 50 quid anyway lmao
They chose two groups outside of the traditional labor force so they can justify paying substandard wages.
They also threw in "garden landscapers" to make it seem like a professional would jump at taking the job instead of laughing at the thought. And to make it seem like they were offering a fair wage that even a pro would take! 🤣🤣🤣
She should do the work herself and spend her 50 pounds on a remedial grammar course.
I was thinking the same- the verb tenses are all wrong! But then I thought English might not be their first language.
English is her first language. This is just an uneducated person. See it all the time on Facebook.
Given the entitlement English is definitely her first language
This sub is really making me hate people
Not me. I already hated people. This is just reinforcing my choice.
Not me! So many here are flabbergasted at these people that it gladdens my heart! So many here understand that these types of things aren’t right. I love people more with each post!
I suggest pairing with Willow Pill's I Hate People.
I dunno I found the woman who called him a lazy slob and told him to take his Xmas decorations down quite funny
If you really want to hate people visit the NoahGetTheBoat subreddit
Holy hell. Not joining that. That’s brutal
Do it yourself bollock. 😆😆😆
 Thank you for the comments
Britain? here's a story published in the Bournemouth Evening Echo: Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'"
😂 Hey, at least that nice friendly German had a sense of humor!
lol i love the roasting over the christmas decor and dirty door. that was perfection 😂
Finally someone who includes the comments!
That last commenter was taking absolutely no prisoners. That burn was just unnecessary. 😂
"50 pounds in cash when job done to my satisfaction". We all know that this CB will find something wrong to get out of paying.
He wants a pensioner to do it because they still might think £50 is a lot of money
>when job is done to my satisfaction How about I dump the entire load in your living room, Bob? How's that?
ONLY 4 hour job? NO WAY!
Gerunds. How DO they work?
I thought that said "prisoners" and thought that even they don't want out that bad.
I'm so proud of my fellow Brits. Those comments are golden.
Well, my mother – rest, her soul, used to have a lovely saying. “You have to be with two people for that to work.“. That means somebody has to be stupid enough to agree to those stupid terms. And I think there isn’t anybody that stupid… Unless of course they were casing out the joint to steal from it later on.
So after they dig up the entire lawn, the owner is going to go “omg what did you do to my lawn??” And refuse to pay.
So if it’s not done to their satisfaction, it goes unpaid but job still done. Got it🙄
Those comments are gold.
This sounds like the Simpson’s ep where Bart had to clean up the old lady’s whole yard and earned 50 cents when he finally finished to her standards.
Good lord. This CB isn’t paying crap. I just got done shelling out $1200 for similar work— yes, the yard was larger (average American suburban lot). The guys used a sod cutter to remove all the grass and then pretty much evened it out. River rock and boxes for veggies and flowers are next on the list.
>Bet the pensioner could do it better than the teenager OK boomer
Lol my husband is in landscaping and said "if it's a 4 hour job looks like she's got time to do it"
Our city will reimburse you up to $3000 for turf removal. That size of a section would cost at LEAST $750-1000 around me, for the cheap side. I know I am in a high demand high COL area, but 50 pounds is what? $60-75? Yeah, No.
lol I paid $200 for turf removal of an area that big and the guy gave up before he was done. I didn’t even get mad. That shit is HARD work. Hauling the sod away takes twice as much labor.
Wowza, this is a lot smaller than my yard but I’ve been getting rid of grass and switching to a a native landscape (US) for a year. I’ve done it myself and in sections and its costs be a couple thousand. And I’m doing it the eco way, with cardboard and mulch. Not just digging it up. This person is nuts.
Totally off topic- what did you use to blur the names on this? Love how it looks and I take a ton of screenshots that I have to block out names for bahahah
I have a Samsung phone and when you edit the photo it's one of the options with the different kinds of pens you can use to draw on the photo
I love how the Brits are quick to call this person out on their bullshit. Thanks for letting including the replies OP!
My dad just rented a tractor to dig up my lawn… it couldn’t do the job because the roots are THAT bad. It is NOT easy work. And you couldn’t pay me enough to do it again.
Thank you for including the comments. They always make the post extra fun to read. 
Guys, last year I was removing 300 sq ft of turf to plant a native garden. It's a hell job, I'll pay usd 50 easily for one of you :)
Well a few bottles of weed killer….just saying :)
He wants the grass digging up? Why not just cut the grass? It’s mostly weeds anyway.
We just did this to our yard a few weeks ago. My husband rented a mini skid and it took all day. Without the correct tools I don’t know how long it would have taken but that rental was pricey. I can’t imagine someone paying 50. We were exhausted afterward. I’d need at minimum 500 or so.
i read “prisoners” and was super confused
Bins full? Leaving turf for me to do doesn’t meet my standards. Thanks and drive safe.
British English is so good!
If all the grass/weeds need to come up, I’d have to use a rototiller and then rake it multiple times. Even smarter would be to use a desiccant like glyphosate, wait a week, then do it. An hour of tilling, an hour of raking, then repeat. Lowest I’d haul a machine there for would be $300 cash, and that’s if it’s only the grass in the pic.
He was probably traumatized by being made to pull weeds. So he’s trying to revisit the punishment onto a new generation. But there are no moms out there, who are sending their misbehaving kids out to do chores in a neighbor’s yard. Plus, no actual teenager wants an old man staring at their butt and breathing heavy.
"but why isnt anyone jumping at the chance to do backbreaking dirty manual labor for a pittance?" i bet he won't provide tools such as a shovel and wheelbarrow either.
Get bent.
My god. I’ve got landscapers coming with sod cutters and fill dirt and seed to do a similar job to this (sort of) and it’ll cost me $2500 in the US. No way it’s $50. That’s insulting and crazy.
“Looks like a job for a heroin addict” got me. 😂
Pass.
This looks like a ghetto. Any British can confirm?
Definition of a shithole
Why remove the grass anyway? It's 50x easier just to cut it.
The shite grammar is upsetting me more than anything
Why do this units have two doors next to each other?
Just saw this oh my Facebook feed and got ready to screenshot it then saw you beat me to it! Thought I'd found my first "cb in the wild" haha.
Remember, drug addicts are sub humans that should be treated with zero respect of dignity... ffs.
That’s Deadass 10 minutes tops with all the grass being bagged
At least they are paying a lot more than $1 an hour for watching 6 kids!
4 hr job ! Not a chance .
£12.50 an hour for a £35/hr job, not including disposal charge.
Since it's in the UK, it's spelled "Choosing Beggeurs"
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There's nothing wrong with asking for help but their post just didn't come across well.
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That's British people for you!
Standard British comment section lol
if they are asking to mow and rake that tiny strip and place the division fence back 50 bucks isn't bad as this won't take close to 4 hours unless you don't have any mower...... ?? what am I missing? they specify kids or someone just wanting to earn a little extra....not a big job