Rough cost garden

Techbe

Hello all,

Started to ask landscapers for some quotes but wanted to see is anyone can give me an idea of costs.

small garden (new build) wooden planters down the side, artificial grass for 2/3 and final 3rd paving or Indian stone.

any ideas will be helpful. Thank you.

FaceHead

You haven't even provided the dimensions, location or what's there currently. The question is so vague that the answer is accordingly vague: four figures.

Ebe_Scrooge

As above, even some dimensions would help.  Then an idea of what you're looking for - paving slabs, for instance, vary hugely in cost, from cheap as chips to eye-wateringly expensive.  I'll go along with the previous comment - the low end of 4 figures if you can do most of the work yourself (all that stuff is not difficult to DIY if you have a modicum of experience) to the high end of 4 figures, maybe 5, if you chose expensive materials and an expensive installer.

Eldi_Dos

Are you aware that there are campaigners lobbying for artificial grass to be taxed because of environmental issues.

twopenny

I had paving slabs relayed about the same amount I'd guess, and 3 steps put in - was £3000 for an excellent job. Included cutting round drains and stabilising the covers.

The artificial grass will depends on the quality you choose, underlay etc. 

Wooden planters? Whose making them, what are they to be made of, how long, lined? Wood isn't the cheap options these days.

Whose is to source the elements.

You need to be able to specify these choices to the work force before you ask for quotes.

TELLIT01

Without dimensions of all elements pricing is impossible.  How big are the planters? length, width and height?  How big an area of grass artificial or otherwise? How big the paving area?  Is there easy access to the garden or does anything have to be carried through the house?

Just as an example, I had 2 8ft by 4ft by 2ft deep timber raised bed rebuild.  Cost for those was £1600.  That did include removing the old timber but reused the soil from the existing beds.

FreeBear

Eldi_Dos said: Are you aware that there are campaigners lobbying for artificial grass to be taxed because of environmental issues.

And quite rightly too. Carpets are best kept indoors. Outside, it is yet more plastic waste and has zero wildlife value.

As for Indian stone... Plundering the resources of another country, just to make a UK garden look pretty for a few years...

Techbe

4.1 metres down 

6.2 metres across

Wooden planters, want them like flower beds open to the size but not to large as the garden isn’t huge.

North west the cheaper areas based

Getting artificial grass as I don’t have the room for a shed more the time to maintain grass whilst working a 60+ a hour. I won’t be attempting DIY as I don’t have the time nor energy

TELLIT01

That is a small garden, but I suspect pretty normal if it's a newer property.  I'm afraid I can't visualise what you mean in your description of the planters.  I certainly understand why you would go for artificial grass in your situation.  A grass area roughly 4 x 4 metres would be more trouble than it's worth to try and maintain.

Techbe

TELLIT01 said:

That is a small garden, but I suspect pretty normal if it's a newer property.  I'm afraid I can't visualise what you mean in your description of the planters.  I certainly understand why you would go for artificial grass in your situation.  A grass area roughly 4 x 4 metres would be more trouble than it's worth to try and maintain.

It fits my needs as well, a small outdoor area. Wooden flower beds might be a better description.

I wouldn’t have anywhere to put a lawn mover etc 

greensalad

In that case, do you really need grass at all? Why not change up the layout to something a big more inspired. A 4m x 4m flower bed with a small tree in, or perennial plants or shrubs? Low maintenance stuff. Or a wildflower area that will just do its own thing. Or a rockery.