• Before

    Back garden with steeply sloping bank

  • Excavation

    To create terraces of flat usable spaces on bank

  • Retaining Walls

    Rock retaining walls to hold back newly formed banks

  • Retaining Walls

    Being built

  • Project complete

    New back garden with twice as much space as before

  • Ramp

    Ramped access to upper levels

    Timber, railing, gates, paved, ramp, access
  • Lawn area

    Newly seeded lawn area which was once a steep embankment

  • Lawn area

    Newly seeded lawn area which was once a steep embankment

Brief

To design and build a new back garden which was secure for kids to play in year round and which added extra outdoor space by utilising a steep embankment to the rear of the house

Project Description

  • Project Design
  • Excavation of embankment
  • Drainage works
  • Construction of rock retaining walls
  • Ramped access to upper levels
  • Timber railings for child safety
  • New tarmac driveway with brick borders
  • Timber fencing and access gates
  • Lighting
  • New lawn areas