Hi all,
I'm looking to redesign my garden. As you can see from the pictures, almost half the garden has a fairly steep slope which is wasted space. I also plan on extending the patio area because currently there is only enough room for a very small table and two chairs. The reason I want to flatten part of the slope is because otherwise there will be very little grass area left.
I'm aware a retaining wall will be required, and have toyed with the idea of a Gabion wall too. I'm also aware anything over 2m would require planning permission.
The slope runs all along the back (neighbours garden on the left, community car park on the right), so obviously the adjoining ground height difference on either side will need to be accounted for if the slope is removed. Another option is a stepped slope, but again, my priority is to extend to flat grass area as much as possible.
I'm sure this could be a considerable amount of work and some of you may suggest to just plant shrubs/trees at the back, but this is something I really would like to have done to maximize the usable space. Even cutting the grass on the slope is hard work, currently.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Or a very rough idea how much something like this would cost (I know it's hard to say) - I hoping for it to be £10k or less.
Many thanks.