Is this garden slope of any concern?

movilogo

I have seen a house and liked it. But it's garden is higher than base of house with a slope towards the house. I attached a diagram below.!



Is it of any concern for rain/drainage etc?

ihatemyhouse

as long as drainage has been sorted, you shouldn't have any probs, is it a new build

movilogo

No, 30 years old.

AnnieO1234

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole! It's not just about drainage which can still cause problems if the flow of water is blocked, it's about landslips and how easy it is to maintain. If it were me and I loved the house, I'd be considering how much it would cost to cut out the garden and put in retaining walls (not cheap!)

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maninthestreet

My lawn is about 12 to 15 inches higher than my patio, but it doesn't slope. Never had any problems with a flooded patio in the 15 years I've lived there.

Madmel

This is similar to our house. As others have said, there is no problem unless the drainage is poor. Last year we had an issue where lots of mud washed down from the fields opposite the house and blocked up the drains. The council cleared them, more leaves & mud washed down and they blocked again. You need to keep on at them to maintain the free flow of surface water - one day last November, our road became a river but we did not get flooded.

As Annie says, the retaining wall is very important as is the material immediately behind the house. We have predominantly gravel, which allows surface water to soak in, so even in the heaviest rains last year, it did not flood.

movilogo

Other side of the fence is garden of another house.

mandi

On a practical note . My garden is on a slope & there is nowhere to put a garden chair /table etc in the summer .

Soot2006

Mine was like this when I moved in - first winter was very wet and it was like living on a lake lol ... We got rid of the slope (by hand as no digger access NOT a small garden!) ... no more problems since then. Gave me the op to relandscape as well

G_M

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My house is similar but....

the other side of the fence in your diagram is a field, and I mean a huge field used by the farmer for bullocks, which also slopes up.

Yes, my first year here I had water running off the field, through the garden, and into the airbricks beneath the dpc :eek:

I had a drainage ditch put in to divert water round the side of the house. It works - never been flooded since. :T

It all depends how much you like the house, whether the flood issue is actually real, or just feared, and whether you're prepared to take measures if necessary in order to live in your 'dream house'.

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tom9980

Our garden is like this it causes no issue at all, so unless there is something beyond that would mean a cascade of water i don't see any problem. Ours was a bit wet but that is fixed now when we dug in some drainage pipes and unblocked the existing ones.