Hi
I am thinking of having the whole garden ripped out backfilled and started
again!!
A job far too big for me to undertake as i niether have the time or the
experience not to mention the tools for the job (would be a mini digger
involved)
I am not looking for a fancy garden at the end of it rather just a nice flat
piece of land that i can grass over and let the kids run riot on lol
I am not loaded so need to know ball park figures maybe others have had this
done.
Oh! there is quite a lot of rubbish to get rid off too so would be looking
at a total strip out.
Any comments would be wellcome.
TIA

In article , ant
writes
Hi
I am thinking of having the whole garden ripped out backfilled and started
again!!
A job far too big for me to undertake as i niether have the time or the
experience not to mention the tools for the job (would be a mini digger
involved)
I am not looking for a fancy garden at the end of it rather just a nice flat
piece of land that i can grass over and let the kids run riot on lol
I am not loaded so need to know ball park figures maybe others have had this
done.
Oh! there is quite a lot of rubbish to get rid off too so would be looking
at a total strip out.
Any comments would be wellcome.

That sounds a rather expensive way of achieving a plain grassed
recreational area, but it is your garden and it is your choice of how to
manage it. If you chose to tackle it yourself, you could make a rock
feature of rubble in one corner and that would leave the rest level
enough to be cleared and grassed. Two hours or so a week with a barrow
would have the job done by next spring for very little outlay.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

Alan Gould wrote:

In article , ant
writes

Hi
I am thinking of having the whole garden ripped out backfilled and started
again!!
A job far too big for me to undertake as i niether have the time or the
experience not to mention the tools for the job (would be a mini digger
involved)
I am not looking for a fancy garden at the end of it rather just a nice flat
piece of land that i can grass over and let the kids run riot on lol
I am not loaded so need to know ball park figures maybe others have had this
done.
Oh! there is quite a lot of rubbish to get rid off too so would be looking
at a total strip out.
Any comments would be wellcome.


That sounds a rather expensive way of achieving a plain grassed
recreational area, but it is your garden and it is your choice of how to
manage it. If you chose to tackle it yourself, you could make a rock
feature of rubble in one corner and that would leave the rest level
enough to be cleared and grassed. Two hours or so a week with a barrow
would have the job done by next spring for very little outlay.
Also how do you know if you have a good reliable tradesman? If someone
can recommend one then fine, otherwise Alan's suggestion is the only way
forward.

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"Broadback" wrote in message
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Alan Gould wrote:


That sounds a rather expensive way of achieving a plain grassed
recreational area, but it is your garden and it is your choice of how to
manage it. If you chose to tackle it yourself, you could make a rock
feature of rubble in one corner and that would leave the rest level
enough to be cleared and grassed. Two hours or so a week with a barrow
would have the job done by next spring for very little outlay.
Also how do you know if you have a good reliable tradesman? If someone
can recommend one then fine, otherwise Alan's suggestion is the only way
forward.

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Hi
Thanx for your input
I do need to get it done pretty soon though so will have to keep on looking.

"ant" wrote in
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Hi
I am thinking of having the whole garden ripped out backfilled and
started again!!

Snip

I am not loaded so need to know ball park figures maybe
others have had this done.

I think you need to give more details of the size,location and position of
the garden to even hope for useful responses to this.

For example, is there easy access for the digger? Does the ground have a
natural slope? What is the soil like? Are there mature trees, paving, or
foundations to remove, or is it just smaller trees and bushes? If big
trees need to be removed, how big are they?

What are you planning to backfill with? Are you going to buy in topsoil?

All these things will have a huge impact on the amount you can expect to
pay.

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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In article ,
(Alan Gould) wrote:

Two hours or so a week with a barrow
would have the job done by next spring for very little outlay.

I'm amazed you can be so precise. The OP didn't state how big the garden
is!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

(Steve Harris) writes:

In article ,
(Alan Gould) wrote:

Two hours or so a week with a barrow
would have the job done by next spring for very little outlay.

I'm amazed you can be so precise. The OP didn't state how big the garden
is!

Well Alan didn't say how big the barrow needed to be.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

Alan

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In article , Martin
writes
I'm amazed you can be so precise. The OP didn't state how big the garden
is!

Alan didn't say how big his barrow is either :-)

Parkinson's Law. The amount of barrowing required in terms of time and
volume varies proportionally to the work needing to be done. QED.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.