Cost of buildin garden wall from scratch

SophieBernina

I was recently selling my house but now that the sale has fallen through (I said no to gazundering). I've decided to stay put in my currently property. This means I now have a list of things I would like to change to make the property fit my family a little bit better.

The order these things are carried out in is probably going to be determined by a mixture of the difference it will make and the cost.

First up is a new garden wall to replace a section of fence behind the garage, so my son has an area to practice football. If he practices there now the old fence will probably fall down if it's hit by a ball! The section is 10 foot long and I would like the wall to be as tall as possible, I am guessing this would be 6ft as it faces onto a public pathway on the other side.

Can anyone tell me a ballpark figure for how much such a wall would cost. I know it's difficult to do this but I am happy to know a very rough estimate as I don't know if we are talking hundreds or thousands.

I live in the West Midlands/Warwickshire.

Many thanks.
SB

SophieBernina

In addition to the above. If I do have a wall built to maximum height allowed by planning, can I then put some trellis above it? The reason I want the extra height is to prevent a football being kicked over the fence and landing on someone as there is a pathway behind.

27col

My neighbour had a very nice front wall built and also double gates. It cost well over £10,000.
But, in any case, the cost depends on the specification. So the only way to find out is to get someone in to give you a quote. Not an estimate.

I_have_spoken

I dare say the interminable thump-thump-thump of a ball being kicked against a wall will enrage your neighbours.what's stopping him going to the park?

SophieBernina

I_have_spoken wrote: »

I dare say the interminable thump-thump-thump of a ball being kicked against a wall will enrage your neighbours.what's stopping him going to the park?

I agree, but luckily there are no neighbours to annoy! I do take him to the park but he is far too young to go on his own.

The idea is to have a goal in front of the wall to aim into, not to use the wall to kick the ball against, I think that would drive me mad!

We need to replace the fence anyway and I thought a wall would be nicer and more secure for any stray balls that did hit it.

SB

SophieBernina

27col wrote: »

My neighbour had a very nice front wall built and also double gates. It cost well over £10,000.
But, in any case, the cost depends on the specification. So the only way to find out is to get someone in to give you a quote. Not an estimate.

Thank you for this information. As it will be just a plain wall with no gates I can assume it will be less than this amount but most likely in four figures which is what I wanted to know. I didn't want to waste anyone's time coming in to give a quote without having a rough idea of cost in case it was obvious that it was going to be too expensive to contemplate. I'm thinking now that I should be looking at a good wooden fence.

SB

N9eav

Bricks or blocks? Blocks are usually about 50p each plus delivery, most block layers would charge £1-£1.50 per block to lay. Concrete foundation, Rendering.... Should not be more than £1000. It's not a huge job


Depends where you live though !!!! Blocks are cheap where I live as there is so much free sand from the mining company.


Wickes charge £1.50 per block

Ruski

As you're now looking into the 'cheaper' option - I would encourage you to go with close board/feather edge panels (often described as heavy duty) - these are far more sturdy (and obv. more expensive) than your 'standard' Waney lap panels.


HTH


Russ

Dan-Dan

You will need planning to build a 6 foot wall or fence that afronts a public highway