Is this possible? Steep side garden to house, how to incorporate in to back garden?

Section62

twopenny said:

Also from a builders point of view a lot of expense and hard work on a sloping site.
Moving the fence is one thing. And how it will affect your privacy.
Filling in is going to be a reinforced wall from scratch, overall drainage. Where will the water go.

OP's plan suggests lowering and levelling part of the garden down to the level of the boundary retaining wall.

That creates a whole different degree of complexity (in addition to the factors already mentioned), and frankly needs professional input, rather than any of us trying to guess how much it could cost.

Emmia

Section62 said:

twopenny said:

Also from a builders point of view a lot of expense and hard work on a sloping site.
Moving the fence is one thing. And how it will affect your privacy.
Filling in is going to be a reinforced wall from scratch, overall drainage. Where will the water go.

OP's plan suggests lowering and levelling part of the garden down to the level of the boundary retaining wall.

That creates a whole different degree of complexity (in addition to the factors already mentioned), and frankly needs professional input, rather than any of us trying to guess how much it could cost.

And the OP will either need to buy the freehold of the land they're proposing to alter, or get the permission of the freeholder first. 

RubyShoes

Builder has been out. Quoted around 5k and said it is doable.
It would just be getting the relevant permissions.
I think I am going to make an offer, and then start the process of planning. I am contemplating making an offer but asking the vendors to buy the lease as part of my offer. 

Section62

RubyShoes said:

Builder has been out. Quoted around 5k and said it is doable.
It would just be getting the relevant permissions.

The builder can't possibly know that just from having a quick look.

If they did do the work with a budget of £5k then there is a real risk of them compromising the structure of the house.

Some builders will happily do that kind of work for an unrealistically low budget - then leave the homeowner picking up the cost of putting things right.

If having the garden changed as shown on your plan is essential to you being happy buying the property then you need to get professional to do a proper investigation and design for you.

getmore4less

RubyShoes said:

getmore4less said:

no bath and stairs from the lounge.
is that other downstairs front room a converted garage

Planning show it was an old opencast mining site.
No further planning since it was built.

land reg has both freehold and leasehold entries for the property site
XX at......
land at.....

I'm not sure what your points are in relation to my query. Can you clarify please?

House is not ideal, need to check the potential conversion for regs, along the actual ownership is not clear regarding the house and side land.

Lots of inquiries research to do.

theoretica

Remember if you dig down you would need retaining walls between your garden and the neighbours there too which are not on your plan.

Do any other houses in the area have high fences right on the road? An indication of whether you might get planning permission for that.

Emmia

RubyShoes said:

Builder has been out. Quoted around 5k and said it is doable.
It would just be getting the relevant permissions.
I think I am going to make an offer, and then start the process of planning. I am contemplating making an offer but asking the vendors to buy the lease as part of my offer. 

To avoid confusion with your vendors, you should use the right terminology.  The thing you need/want the vendors to buy, is the freehold not the lease. 

There will be costs associated with buying the freehold both in terms of the cost of the freehold itself, legal work associated with the transaction etc., and it will no doubt slow the purchase down. The vendors may therefore be unwilling to do this, especially if they have found somewhere and want to move (and indeed there may be other buyers who will buy the place as it exists currently).

Even if they are amenable, then the costs of this extra transaction will almost certainly need to be on top of your offer.