If you are employing cleaners as part of your business of 'looking after' houses then yes, you have a moral duty to ensure that you and your employees pay taxes on income; but if you are like many here who rent their property out for short term Summer rentals and have a friend/neighbour looking after the cleaning etc then I still hold with the point that if you pay them with vouchers your cleaner will either stop doing the cleaning or you will find that it takes longer to clean your property so they can claim more hours to recoup the difference.
Penny I am pretty sure that most 'cleaners' will say thanks but no thanks to this option, as cash in hand is the way they wish to be paid as nearly all work on the black. Yes it covers your back, but a cleaner who doesn't get much anyway will not thank you for a 25% reduction in their pay and I think they will find another 'employer' PDQ.
If you plump for Laurel, in my opinion, you're letting yourself in for a load of work to keep them in any sense of order. Laurel does grow fast but it will reach 4 metres in a couple of years (assuming you get 1m saplings). They will shoot up and also leave the bottom bare as they are more akin to a tree than a shrub. If you are looking to hedges then a box variety may be worth while, as they are easier to keep regular and don't grow as fast. Oh and stay away from Bamboo as before you know it you have a garden that looks like the set of 'House of Flying Daggers'
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Short answer Ugo.... No !
whatever Ugo, it's still shameless self publicity....
Sloe Screw contro il muro...
Eat in the Mercato Centrale, the indoor market, excellent food cheap aswell, must try the Lampredotto (tripe) really tasty and a specialty of Firenze.
Also Dimmer switches do not work with the new low energy bulbs which are standard here.
If you are employing cleaners as part of your business of 'looking after' houses then yes, you have a moral duty to ensure that you and your employees pay taxes on income; but if you are like many here who rent their property out for short term Summer rentals and have a friend/neighbour looking after the cleaning etc then I still hold with the point that if you pay them with vouchers your cleaner will either stop doing the cleaning or you will find that it takes longer to clean your property so they can claim more hours to recoup the difference.
Penny I am pretty sure that most 'cleaners' will say thanks but no thanks to this option, as cash in hand is the way they wish to be paid as nearly all work on the black. Yes it covers your back, but a cleaner who doesn't get much anyway will not thank you for a 25% reduction in their pay and I think they will find another 'employer' PDQ.
If you plump for Laurel, in my opinion, you're letting yourself in for a load of work to keep them in any sense of order. Laurel does grow fast but it will reach 4 metres in a couple of years (assuming you get 1m saplings). They will shoot up and also leave the bottom bare as they are more akin to a tree than a shrub. If you are looking to hedges then a box variety may be worth while, as they are easier to keep regular and don't grow as fast. Oh and stay away from Bamboo as before you know it you have a garden that looks like the set of 'House of Flying Daggers'
Rickardo, Minister of Propaganda !!
Back at ya, Badger you old Dog !!