Rates & quotes
Three ways to work with us. The rates below are real and indicative — the figure we hold to is the one written after we have walked your parcel. No lump sums, no surprise lines.
For short interventions and one-off jobs.
€780 excl. VAT
A machine and its operator on your parcel, billed by the day.
Get a quoteMost projects
R-02For a defined job with a start and an end.
Fixed per project
One fixed, itemized price for the whole works — the usual choice.
Get a quoteFor developers and builders with recurring works.
Negotiated annual agreement
Negotiated rates, reserved machine slots, one point of contact.
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Line by line
| Included | Day rate | Project quote | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | |||
| Site survey before quoting | Included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Itemized written quote | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Fixed price held to signature | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Programme with committed dates | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Site & logistics | |||
| Machine delivery and collection | Included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Operator, fuel and consumables | Included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Spoil balanced on site where possible | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Reserved machine slots | Not included with Day rate | Not included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Admin & insurance | |||
| Fully insured works | Included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Waste tracking documents | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| As-built plan at handover | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Consolidated monthly invoicing | Not included with Day rate | Not included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Support | |||
| 48-hour response on enquiries | Included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Named site manager | Not included with Day rate | Included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
| Single contact across all parcels | Not included with Day rate | Not included with Project quote | Included with Framework |
Before you compare quotes
A 25-tonne excavator that cannot reach the far corner changes the whole sequencing — and the figure. Tight urban plots cost more per cubic metre than open ground.
Rock, old fill and a high water table each change the method. This is exactly what the site walk is for: we would rather find it in the survey than mid-excavation.
Cut and fill that balance on site save every lorry movement. When they do not balance, haulage and tipping become real line items.
Winter ground works slower and wetter. We do not surcharge for it, but the programme lengthens, and duration is what you pay for on a day rate.
Clean material costs little to move. Mixed or contaminated material carries gate fees we pass through at cost, with the tickets attached.
Before you ask
Because no two parcels are the same, and a figure written from a drawing alone is a guess dressed up as a commitment. The rates above are real and indicative; the quote that follows the site walk is the one we hold to.
We answer every enquiry within 48 hours. For a project quote, the itemized figure lands within 48 hours of the site walk, which we usually schedule inside a week.
On a project quote, ground conditions we could reasonably have identified during the survey are our risk, not yours. Genuinely unforeseeable conditions are handled as a variation, priced and agreed before the machine moves again — never invoiced as a surprise.
On a project quote the price does not move; the programme does, and we tell you the same day. On a day rate you are not billed for a day we cannot work.
Yes. Consecutive phases on the same parcel avoid a second mobilisation, and that saving goes into the quote. Recurring work across several sites is what the framework agreement is for.
Both. Roughly half our work is private — house platforms, drainage, access roads — and half is commercial. The method does not change; the paperwork does.
Every project is covered by public liability and works insurance, and we send the certificate with the quote rather than on request. Damage caused by our works is our problem to fix.
Project quotes are staged: 30% to secure the slot, 40% at the midpoint of the programme, 30% at handover once you have walked the site with us. Day rates are invoiced monthly.
Still unanswered? The full FAQ covers the site itself.
Free site assessment
Tell us the parcel and what you need to build on it. We answer within 48 hours, and the site walk costs you nothing whether or not you go ahead.