The path along the house, paved up to the doors.
The patio, the fence, and the step up the bank, finished.
The finished drive and the steps to the door.
Woodland bungalow drive and garden
A wooded bungalow plot, taken from old concrete and an overgrown bank to a stone patio, fence, steps and a block-paved drive.
Driveways · Patios & slabbing · Landscaping · Fencing · Walling & steps
What changed
- Old concrete slabs and the side path taken up
- Levels set against the wooded bank
- Mixed stone patio with a gravel margin
- Timber fence, and a planted step up the slope
- Block-paved drive and new front steps
The brief
The plot was a pebbledash bungalow under the trees. The usable ground was old concrete slabs, a narrow path down the side, and a bank that had grown over the steps. The work was to clear that, hold the slope, and put back a stone patio, a timber fence, steps, and a block-paved drive.
Timeline
01
The plot as it was
Concrete slabs, a narrow side path, and a bank that had grown over the old steps.
02
The ground came up
The old surfaces were lifted and the levels set before anything new went down.
03
Patio, fence and steps
The stone patio, timber fence and the step up the bank were built as one piece.
04
Drive and front steps
Block paving and new steps finished the way in.
The plot as it was found.
The yard as it was found: slabs, a swing, and the brick wall at the trees.
The side path, the shed, and the old retaining wall.
The bank had grown over, and the old steps were giving way.
The slabbed run between the house and the outbuilding.
