how much to landscape a garden?
how much to landscape a garden?
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stigmundfreud

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22,454 posts

239 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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Talking about a large town garden, about 170ft deep split into 3 sections at present. Looking to do a lot of rescaping to get it sorted out and just wondering what sort of price? No need for plants and stuff as I have a lot of established trees so just a typical rip out the crap and patch it up job?

Simpo Two

92,757 posts

294 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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As we've both just fallen through from the Photo forum, may I suggest Photoshop?

Captain Volvo

204 posts

228 months

Monday 1st December 2008
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£5-10k

It's as good as guess as any other. My garden is about that size and it's about what some companies wanted to do mine a while ago. Included some decking and a new patio though as well.

I got a few bits done and left the rest as lawn, no way I could spend that much on it.

But then again - I'm a Yorkshireman so loath to spend money where I don't have to......

stigmundfreud

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22,454 posts

239 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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Cheers Cpt Volvo, Simpo I struggle to understand how the guys do those tricks to cars with PS!

Cpt, the decking is aready done so that leaves the last 2/3rds, the section after the decking is like a traditional English garden/lawn and then the top 1/3rds the wild garden, its probably that which I'm going to concentrate on so I'll budget around the 2k mark based on what you say

Slagathore

6,225 posts

221 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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whereabouts in the South west are you?

Might be able to put you in touch with someone!


Don

28,378 posts

313 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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This stuff varies a great deal. My wife recently spent £16K on our rear garden. OK. It was a month's work for team, lots of block paving, new patio, all the "soil" removed and decent topsoil brought in, pits dug into the chalk-bedrock for trees, dwarf walls built, a fence and so on. But that didn't even include the plants - which we had to put in from scratch.

It was previously just a big turfed empty space and I'd made a "temporary patio" (didn't bother with dry-mix, just sand) that did us whilst she did the design.

There's the front garden next rolleyes .

So - if all you want is some beds making up and a dry-mix patio laid you can spend very little or do it yourself and it will cost nothing to peanuts. Go the whole thing and it's a fortune.

Do a plan in advance of what you want and at least when you get quotes it will be for the thing you want to buy and you won't get a nasty surprise at the end. Even more important if you decide to do something big.

Olf

11,978 posts

247 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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I had a quote for doing the rear half of my 150ft garden. Again nothing fancy. Some nice paths, a seating area for afternoon sun, erection of self bought shed and climbing frame. Came to 14k. Still hasn't been done.

DBSV8

5,958 posts

267 months

Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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stigmundfreud said:
Talking about a large town garden, about 170ft deep split into 3 sections at present. Looking to do a lot of rescaping to get it sorted out and just wondering what sort of price? No need for plants and stuff as I have a lot of established trees so just a typical rip out the crap and patch it up job?
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