Front garden quotes

[Guest]

Hi,

Based just off Lordship Lane and looking to renovate my front garden.

I've had a few quotes from companies specialising in front gardens in London, but these came out much higher than expected. I wandered whether anyone on the forum could recommend a local builder / landscape gardener - either to tackle the whole job or parts of it?

Rough job spec would be:

- Removal of concrete path and some levelling / steps required

- Dark slate slabs (except for path)

- Rebuild brick wall with pillars (potentially reclaimed bricks)

- Black wrought-iron style railings and gate

- Black and white mosaic path

Many thanks in advance!

[shaggy78]

hi there - did you get any suggestions back? we're looking for a similiar spec job. let me know if you have any recommendations to pass on. thanks!

[kimp]

We are trying to do this ourselves given the cost- with the help of a handyman. I have no idea how it will turn out. A large part of the cost is the cost of the tiles themselves. We found what we wanted locally and then ordered the tiles online saving about ?400.

[yeknomyeknom]

I think we are going to have to do it ourselves. Any thoughts on getting the concrete up? Are you hiring a kango?