New build - garden sloping, not sure of rights?

buel10

blue_max_3 said:

buel10 said:

They are also relaying that strip of grass. However.......I am bracing myself for this......here is what is under the turf....to my layperson eyes it looks like a solid / firm surface with sand?

That's why they use turf, so they can bury all their waste! The amount of that metal strapping that surrounds building material I had under mine was amazing!

Hmmmm......not sure there is anything I can do about this though? Shouldn't there be top soil there?

Oh and, random one, can anyone help with what sort of adaptor I need on our outside tap in order to connect a hosepipe?

Thrugelmir

Unscrew the adaptor that's on the tap already. 

Davesnave

You can either push a standard hosepipe onto  the adapter that's there and secure it with a jubilee clip or, more convenient, unscrew the adapter and replace it with a standard male hose connector like this:

https://www.toolstation.com/brass-tap-connector/p66154

and fit one of these to the hose pipe:

https://www.toolstation.com/brass-quick-connector/p12553

buel10

Thank you, both. Extremely helpful!

Mutton_Geoff

The sloping lawn looks the perfect opportunity to construct a Ha Ha, stately homes often have them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

A new build I'd bought in the past (from an apparently "reputable" local builder) had a patch of grass about 6 foot by 3 foot that would never grow properly. I decided to investigate and found the builder had turfed straight over an old door that was just lying flat in a shallow "grave" a couple of inches under the soil.

buel10

Mutton_Geoff said:

The sloping lawn looks the perfect opportunity to construct a Ha Ha, stately homes often have them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

A new build I'd bought in the past (from an apparently "reputable" local builder) had a patch of grass about 6 foot by 3 foot that would never grow properly. I decided to investigate and found the builder had turfed straight over an old door that was just lying flat in a shallow "grave" a couple of inches under the soil.

Wow, thanks!
No way for me to find this out unless I get my spade out?

Davesnave

buel10 said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

The sloping lawn looks the perfect opportunity to construct a Ha Ha, stately homes often have them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

A new build I'd bought in the past (from an apparently "reputable" local builder) had a patch of grass about 6 foot by 3 foot that would never grow properly. I decided to investigate and found the builder had turfed straight over an old door that was just lying flat in a shallow "grave" a couple of inches under the soil.

Wow, thanks!
No way for me to find this out unless I get my spade out?

As I said yesterday " I'm still digging up whole bricks from the construction of our bungalow in 1974. This shows how well previous owners have cultivated the ground in the intervening years."

It's not that the managers are particularity bad, but workers on building sites have been burying stuff  for donkey's years. Sometimes it's accidental, quite often deliberate, especially when 150mm of top soil is going to be added at the end. That ground will have been driven over by all sorts of machinery, in rain and shine, compacted and stuff will have been 'lost' in it.

AdrianC

buel10 said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

The sloping lawn looks the perfect opportunity to construct a Ha Ha, stately homes often have them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

A new build I'd bought in the past (from an apparently "reputable" local builder) had a patch of grass about 6 foot by 3 foot that would never grow properly. I decided to investigate and found the builder had turfed straight over an old door that was just lying flat in a shallow "grave" a couple of inches under the soil.

Wow, thanks!
No way for me to find this out unless I get my spade out?

Have a word with your local university's archeology department about borrowing their ground-penetrating radar?

buel10

Brock_and_Roll said:

On the bright side, flooding is not going to a problem.
I would be more worried about whether the nice field view would become "Barratt" view during my ownership!

Of course, this is an option but no point worrying about something one can't do anything about.

buel10

Hi all,
Two questions (one rather random):
1. Noticed these little beauties growing today on the front lawn - is there a reason why these would grow on fresh turf? I have zero idea about mushrooms.



2. Spoke with the Developer yesterday and he said that they are willing to help but that the issue is the farmer who owns the field next to our house - in that he wouldn't want anything overlooking and down to his field?
What I will add is that he said they are 'keen to help but are not sure what can be done' and wanted me to get back to him with ideas. Whilst this may be an attempt at putting a hurdle in front of me, I am still very keen to go ahead with ideas.
So, can I please pick your brains on this one....here are the photos of the issue....