Landscaping includes any paving, hard or soft landscaping around the house such as planting and grass seeding and laying the driveway.
Reviving the front garden The front garden had been used as a storage area during the build and also had a 20 ton machine driving over it during demolition, leaving the ground heavily compacted and with quite a lot of pieces of rubble in it. The soil was just about good enough to not [...]
Re-surfacing the driveway Most of the driveway area was the same as for the previous house so already had a tarmac covering over a well compacted base. I decided to increase the turning and parking area slightly so needed to add a compacted base layer in these areas. The tarmac installation was only a [...]
Patio and retaining wall The previous house on the plot had a wall at the rear with steps down to the lawn. The new build was essentially on the same footprint but with a slightly increased patio area to the rear, requiring a new retaining wall about a meter further from the house. This [...]
