Advice needed please. Issues with garden on new build

sparky130a

All of which is fine.

But i'll bet my pair to a barn dance that what is underneath is simply acting as a soakaway.

Brick rubble/lightweight blocks/pug......

Whatever you employ it needs to take the water ingression.

peddy

EachPenny wrote: »

It would be worth checking the planning documents for your property on the local council's website. There should be plans included showing how issues like sloping ground would be dealt with.

How far from your house is the fence at the top of the slope?

It's around 3.5 metres at the nearest point.

Can't see anything in the plans that mentions the sloping ground.

peddy

Guest101 wrote: »

Presumbely the slope hasn't been turfed? And the fence foundation isn't deep enough, both problems could be solved in a day really.

No the other side is waste land with mainly brambles growing.

I believe the land is owned by the council

peddy

Ok so looking at the plans it appears that there was an existing fence with a line of trees running alongside it which were removed.

To give it some context the property is built on the side of an existing house that had a substantial garden. They have replaced the fence and removed the trees. I just wonder if this is settlement from this and will slow down over time. Obviously need to look at sorting the leaning fence out but maybe it's not as bad as first thought.

ProDave

The garden has almost certainly been made up to make it level. I'll bet previously it either sloped or was a lower level all over.

I would be pretty sure the house foundations were deep enough to be safe.

Made up ground, unless compacted really well, will settle over time. If the fence had really deep planted posts it might have been stable, but otherwise the fence will start to lean as the ground settles.

Not much option other than wait until it has settled natrually and re do the fence, or get someone with a digger and compactor in to landscape it properly.