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What should a tradesperson cost in South Africa?

Pick a service and your province for an indicative price band. Wide ranges — every job's different, but these are the brackets quotes usually fall into. Real quotes from local pros are always free on Handi.

Province affects pricing — Cape Town and Joburg run 5-10% above the national baseline; rural areas can be 10-15% below.

Indicative price in South Africa

Gardening & Landscaping

R350 – R800 per visit

recurring service rates

Per weekly/fortnightly visit for a standard residential garden (1-2 gardeners, 3-4 hours). Once-off cleanups and full landscape design priced separately.

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Guide only — actual quotes vary based on job complexity, access, materials, and urgency. Always get 2-3 quotes from verified local pros before committing.

Typical gardening & landscaping jobs & what they cost

Concrete examples at the national baseline. Bands reflect normal variation — the same job can sit at the low or high end depending on access, materials, and urgency.

Weekly garden service (small property)
R350 – R500

Mowing, edging, sweep-up, basic weeding. Billed monthly.

Once-off cleanup (medium garden)
R900 – R2,500

Heavy weeding, hedge cuts, dump-truck loads. Pricing scales with volume of green waste.

Hedge trimming (10 m run)
R450 – R1,100

Per visit. Annual or semi-annual is typical for thuja, pittosporum, conifer hedges.

Full landscape design + install (medium garden)
R15,000 – R45,000

Design fee + installation. Excludes plants — those are quoted separately based on selection.

Lawn aeration + reseeding (200 m²)
R2,200 – R4,800

Best done in early spring. Bad compacted soil = repeated reseeding waste — aerate first.

A note on these numbers

Bands come from rates published in our pricing guides, mixed with what we see Handi-za providers actually quoting across the country. They're starting points — not a fixed price list. Job-specific factors (access, height, asbestos, after-hours, time pressure) all move the needle. Treat this as the first 30 seconds of research before you start collecting real quotes.