Help -Need advice on garden design which includes rear garage removal
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Hi,
We want to remove our rear garage as it takes up 1/3 of the garden space and is used for junk really.
we want to create a nice lawn with patio and a small veg patch.
However, due to the access the quotes I’m getting are coming up higher then we anticipated.
Any ideas on what can be done to reduce cost considerably?
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Comments (12)you could cut the concrete path from around the step and along the base of the house, that will allow you to lower the grass strip and the path, you can reface the step with tiles and re render any of the base of you outside dash that might be exposed from removing and replacing the concrete path. this would allow you to have small step down from you patio on the end and side without the sloping look from the grass as it stands. hope this makes sense or you could actually rebuild the step up, make it wider/deeper and reposition the path slightly allowing a bit of evenness on the width, this allows the patio to tie into new door step. id probably go with the second option thinking about as your step as it is looks very small., this larger step could also be tiled forgive the lines but just to show you heights you could try and tie in together it might be a case of a bit of both, heighten, widen and deepen the step and lower the grass slightly to achive this...See MoreHelp! We are looking for garden layout ideas please
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