[BJR]

I live in Newcastle about 2 hours north of Sydney. I grew up in Sydney and started landscaping there. I know the Sydney market and also the Newcastle market. Currently the Newcastle market is laging behind the Sydney market as far as quality, pestegious landscapes are concerned. I believe that in the next 6 years the Newcastle market will be somewhere nearer the Sydney market as more Sydney people move up. I want to be the main player in up market landscaping. I have always chased this in paving and retaining walls, which is my speciality. But I want to branch out into full on prestegious landcapes. I want quality work not volume.

I now spend 2 1/2 days a week in the office doing quotes and keeping up with the paper work. This is just to keep 4 staff going. I have calculated that it won't take much more to keep 6 staff going. This will allow me to stand back from the tools and concentrate on running the business and chase the better jobs.

Thanks for the info on the book JW. I will try and find a copy here.