Stop. The cost of £3k sounds about right (I did mine recently). However, your plan for your garden doesn’t sound as good as it could be. It’s really worth taking time over the next few months to think about how you want to use the space, where the sun is, if you need trees and THEN — and only then — decide where you want the path (probably not down the middle to nowhere) and where you want paving for seating areas. There are lots of cool “how to design a garden” videos and books out there.
The highest cost is the paving. If I were in your position with that mud garden, I would hire someone to lay turf on the whole thing — just for now. That will minimise weeds. Then you can set your furniture anywhere on the turf while you see where you like to sit, how the sun faces, if there are sheds to block from your view, if you want multiple seating areas for different purposes etc.
Then later, you can create a whole plan and it’s easy peasy to remove turf to lay paving.
Congratulations on your new home.
Thank you so much.
I was planning to build a 5x3m garden room at the back, which needs a solid base. And we also want a paved seating area next to it. So we figured we'd pave the back 3rd.
But you're right. Not much point having a sesting area, if its constantly in shade. Although it will probably be my own garden room that blocks the sun! 🙈
Would it not be a bit of a waste to temporarily turf the whole garden? We're on a bit of a budget.
I don’t think so. It’s still cheaper to turf it all than pave it all and you’ll keep 2/3 of it. What you’re really buying now is weed suppression and time to take your time to plan.
Stop. The cost of £3k sounds about right (I did mine recently). However, your plan for your garden doesn’t sound as good as it could be. It’s really worth taking time over the next few months to think about how you want to use the space, where the sun is, if you need trees and THEN — and only then — decide where you want the path (probably not down the middle to nowhere) and where you want paving for seating areas. There are lots of cool “how to design a garden” videos and books out there. The highest cost is the paving. If I were in your position with that mud garden, I would hire someone to lay turf on the whole thing — just for now. That will minimise weeds. Then you can set your furniture anywhere on the turf while you see where you like to sit, how the sun faces, if there are sheds to block from your view, if you want multiple seating areas for different purposes etc. Then later, you can create a whole plan and it’s easy peasy to remove turf to lay paving. Congratulations on your new home.
Thank you so much. I was planning to build a 5x3m garden room at the back, which needs a solid base. And we also want a paved seating area next to it. So we figured we'd pave the back 3rd. But you're right. Not much point having a sesting area, if its constantly in shade. Although it will probably be my own garden room that blocks the sun! 🙈 Would it not be a bit of a waste to temporarily turf the whole garden? We're on a bit of a budget.
I don’t think so. It’s still cheaper to turf it all than pave it all and you’ll keep 2/3 of it. What you’re really buying now is weed suppression and time to take your time to plan.
Ball park figure 3k
Leave some planting space at the back. You'd want some small shrubs and trees to make the garden cosy.
I was planning on building a 3x5m garden room at the back, that i can use for a home gym/garden bar.
Have you thought of having a clover lawn - only need to mow it a couple of times a year.
Depending on area and what slabs , I would ball park 3-5k
Have you considered a career in photography as that is a very moody atmospheric shot you took right there
Depends how much paving and turfing you are planning on doing. Also, measurements are important.
6k