HOW TO HIRE · GARDEN & OUTDOOR · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
Hiring a gardener in Ireland
Some of this work is restricted by law. Each guide says which.
45 guides for hiring gardeners in Ireland, each one checked against the regulator, the statute or the official consumer guidance, with the sources and the month at the end. What to check, what to ask, what a fair quote looks like and what you should be handed when the job is done.
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45 guides. Pick the job you are hiring for.
Grouped the way you would ask for them. Every guide covers the checks, the questions and the quote for that job — then takes you to the gardeners who cover your area.
Upkeep. You book a person for a set number of hours and they do what you ask: there is no scope and no quote, just the rate, the hours and the list.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Skilled, deep and specialist work. These are priced as a job, not as an hour, because they need equipment, a method or a team — and the quote is the thing to compare.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
What every garden & outdoor guide covers
The checks that apply
Public liability, trader status under the Consumer Rights Act 2022, photo ID and references. No register covers this work, so each guide says what to check instead.
The questions worth asking
Six to eight questions for the job — what is included, who actually comes, what happens if something is damaged — each with what a good answer from a gardener sounds like.
What a fair quote looks like
What the written quote should contain, the warning signs, and what you should be handed when the job is done — the invoice, and the sign-off where the job produces one.
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Garden & Outdoor businesses on Locufy, across Ireland
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How these guides are made
Questions people ask
It depends on the job. 17 guides in this category name a register or a licence that applies to the work; 28 guides say that none does. Each guide names the body, links to it, and says what the registration covers.
The work itself, what is not included, the materials, the call-out if there is one, the dates, and the total with VAT shown separately. The quote should state the VAT rate; most work in this family is at 13.5%, so a price 'plus VAT' is that much dearer than it looks. In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts.
An invoice with the trader's name and address, a note of any guarantee and how long it runs, and — where materials were supplied — their own warranties. Check the work against the written scope before anyone leaves.
Say what is wrong in writing first: under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a service must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and work that is not must be put right. If that fails, the Small Claims procedure handles consumer claims up to €2,000.
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