The existing lawn area was stripped back to soil due to poor growth under the tree line, a sleeper retainer wall was built to create a raised bed with the necessary lining to protect any timber, a small patio was laid with a contrasting sleeper edge, went back to this job to membrane and spread a Staffordshire pink stone replacing the grass area ( pics to follow)
With the property being on hillside, the natural water run off comes from the grounds of the higher property next door causing a major issue with the customers existing patio.
An existing sleeper wall was removed (rotted out) and replaced with steel uprights and new sleepers, extensive drainage work was done to stop a repeat process, the opportunity was there to extend the patio size, the new slabs will eventually weather in being of the same type.
Such an improvement!
The property is a new build some 18 months ago and of course the developer only landscape to a basic functional layout….this didn’t suit an existing customer of mine at all when the property was purchased, so a complete makeover was instrumented front and back, the customer had a clear vision of what they wanted and a local landscape designer came up with a plan to which i carried out with a few tweeks to suit,, Final look was quite amazing giving the limited space.
Old concrete patio taken up and replaced with a new modern Porcelain Kandla grey tile.
Old crazy paving path ripped out and replaced with a charcoal riven slab, the existing patio was lifted and correctly relaid.
Complete makeover using sandstone paving and a raised bed with new turf
Small project building a paved base for a new chalet.
Out with the old style concrete slabs and in with Sandstone paving!
Fantastic job, Purbeck stone wall leaving planting areas and lawn drainage
So…. an existing customer rings me and say… we have moved and want the garden levelled!
confronted with a gradient of 20:1 over 60m its a big task with a mini digger ( limited access) clearance was initially done and old tree stumps removed, digging down in clay is always a lottery and yup a big 150mm land drain came to light, now going to be completely useless at the existing height, a temporary stone fill trench was installed to take away the immediate water, new drains will have to be installed when the conditions allow.
The first and main tier was created before winter set in to allow the sub-soil to start settling before being landscaped in the spring of 2021
This is an ongoing project to be completed in 2021
