Landscaping in Cheshire

[brian_H]

Morning.

My wife and I are struggling to get to grips with our garden. It has conifer hedges around one end but with a gap of about 4 foot behind the hedge that is just wild and wasted. It has a wooden fence approximately 5 foot tall separating us from our neighbours, but also our neighbours garden is approx 3 feet lower than ours.

I am pondering getting the conifer dug out completely, putting a taller (6 foot) fence between us and the neighbour and then getting the full size garden landscaped/lawned/rockery etc instead.

I have a couple of questions.
Firstly, can I go to a 6 foot fence if our neighbour is below us? I don't like the current situation of our neighbour being able to lean over our fence.
How difficult is it to remove conifers and have usable soil afterwards?
I am presuming this would need some kind of digger rather than trying to do it manually.

Finally, can anyone recommend any landscape gardeners in the Frodsham/Cheshire area so I can get a rough idea of the costs involved?

Thanks

Brian

[Nigel_O]

Your neighbours garden is 3 feet lower than yours and they can still lean over a 5-foot fence?

Sorry - not helpful