Landscape Gardening

Richie_C

I'm looking for someone to put some artificial grass down for me along with some edging.

I put a post on my builder and got a reply for from a chap who has been using the site for 2 years and has nothing but goo reviews.

I did a search on the company and found this: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09209653/filing-history

Is this something I should be concerned about?

I dont want to go ahead and hire someone I shouldn't.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

TheCyclingProgrammer

Why do you want artificial grass? It generally looks horrible.

fishybusiness

Yes you should be concerned about it.

Company no longer exists, owner cannot trade as this company.

Bank account no longer owned by the company, insurance in the company name will be invalid etc etc.

glasgowdan

How big an area is it? It's not a big job really. That companies house info tells me the owner has decided to go it unofficially instead of through his company. He is likely to still be able to do the job fine. And as it's such a simple job to do it's hard to imagine needing to get him back under guarantee!

Have you no free time to do it yourself? Anyone can do it.

andrewf75

I would second the comment above, artificial grass is awful and I would think very carefully before doing it. It is a fad and in a few years people will be ripping it out as they realise how naff it looks.

Richie_C

The thing is we have 2 dogs and they have destroyed the lawn (dog pee). The way I see it we can get new turf which the dogs will then destroy or put down a good artificial grass that will withstand dog pee.

I've looked at some sample of fake grass as they dont look cheap, dont get me wrong but I know you can buy some really cheap fake grass that looks like a putting green but I've some rather decent looking grass.

I'm open to any suggestions how to fix dogs peeing on a garden, short of not letting them onto the garden which isn't practical.

The above landscaper has just left with a price.

He's quote £2400 to install the grass, that includes removing all the old grass, laying down hard core, compacting it, then adding a layer of sand and then fixing the grass down and installing the edging. He will also lay some new slabs at the bottom of the garden.

I dont know if this is a good price or not as its my first quote for the job, I have some other gardeners coming over the next week for quotes. He came up with the price pretty quick after a few minutes of looking at the job, didnt break down the price for anything.

Richie_C

Is that a fair quote?

I'd do the work myself but im no good with these sort of things

glasgowdan

How can any of us say if we don't know the size of the area to be done, access issues, or amount of other work needed? What's the edging and how much of it is there? Laying slabs...You mean a patio? Sub base, sand? What m2?

DominicH

He could have decided to switch to operating as a sole trader rather than a limited company for various reasons. I don't think there's necessarily anything dodgy about it, although it looks like the company was simply allowed to be dissolved rather than him initiating it.
As someone who once had a one-man limited company for work purposes, the paperwork was a pain in the bum and I was glad to get rid of it.

Richie_C

glasgowdan wrote: »

How can any of us say if we don't know the size of the area to be done, access issues, or amount of other work needed? What's the edging and how much of it is there? Laying slabs...You mean a patio? Sub base, sand? What m2?

Fair point, sorry for my lack of details in the original post.

The area I need fixing is 10m length x 5.2 meters in width.

For the edging I'd want them to bother be about 60cm wide each so then I can get a single 4m wide strip of artificial grass down the length.

I've already had bought the wood for the edging last year, was going to install it with my dad buy hes not well enough to help me now so I'd want someone in to install it.

For the edging we just want it lined so nothing can grow thorough then we would but some slate chips (not decided which yet) ourselves and fill the edging in (guess you would say its a slight raised bed) ourselves.

Access wise you can get down the side of the house to the back garden easily and can get a wheel barrow down the side of the house so access shouldn't be an issue. We also have a drive so a skip can be placed there for all the rubble.

Job wise I believe we need:

All current grass removing, edging install, artificial grass installing.

I will upload a picture soon of the area I need the work on.

keith969

Richie_C wrote: »

I'm open to any suggestions how to fix dogs peeing on a garden, short of not letting them onto the garden which isn't practical.

Get rid of the grass and put down gravel?