Who to do this?

mummyroysof3

Not sure who I should be ringing for quotes to do this work

1- remove 2 trees and a mound of ruble/soil to flatten the lawn then turf as needed.

2- remove front lawn and concrete with fence around and drainage to use to park car on

Any help would be great

macman

A tree surgeon can remove the trees, a builder or landscape gardener for the rest?
You can't just concrete over a front lawn, you have to use a permeable finish to avoid run off into the street drainage. And do you have permission for a let-down?

mummyroysof3

By let down do you mean a dropped curb? We have one for shared drive but my husband would like to park on front rather than on back as its easier for when kids have bikes etc out. We was wanting to put a soak away metal grate between the edge of the drive and the new concrete....I'm going by what I've seen other people do tbh

smashingyour...

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

By let down do you mean a dropped curb? We have one for shared drive but my husband would like to park on front rather than on back as its easier for when kids have bikes etc out. We was wanting to put a soak away metal grate between the edge of the drive and the new concrete....I'm going by what I've seen other people do tbh

You need to start with planning permission for the concrete drive.

LEJC

you will need some form of formal authority to use your grassed area for a driveway...We are currently considering something similar and have to fill out a householder development panning questionnaire issued by our local council to see if we actually need planning permission to create a space in the garden

A simple phone call to your local council should be all you need to do to establish the correct way forward.

In our case we are unsure if planning is required as the boundry of our property does not cross a public footpath or run onto a public highway...but in most cases its not as simple as driving over the kerb...there will usually be a charge to lower the kerb and that could be in the region of £1000

mummyroysof3

We already have a dropped curb for the drive and to park on the grass just means pulling onto it off the drive but makes a mess of the gras so want to replace it with something better. I might ask the builders advice who came out to look at extension and gave me the number of the planner.

mummyroysof3

This is what it looks like now

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-38748424.html

smashingyour...

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

This is what it looks like now

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-38748424.html

Not a good idea to put your home address on the web. You could get skips and all sorts delivered.

cyclonebri1

If you use gravel you don't need the local authority permit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, it's simply run off that they are concerned about, gravel doesn't divert water so will be allowable

cyclonebri1

smashingyour... wrote: »

Not a good idea to put your home address on the web. You could get skips and all sorts delivered.

Or you might just sell it,;);), the real no no is not to link a forum username to an address, trolls just love that.:eek:

mummyroysof3

Just to update I have found someone to do the back garden work and have 2 people coming to give me advice and quotes for the front