Hard Landscaping in KT10
Hard landscaping in Claygate, Surrey
Terraces, steps, retaining walls, paths and drainage. The structural half of a garden, built by employed crews rather than subcontractors.
9.86/10Hard landscaping for Claygate gardens
Largely twentieth century detached and semi-detached houses with generous rear gardens, plus older cottages nearer the village. Plot depth is the opportunity here: there is usually room for a terrace, a lawn and a separate structure at the end without any of them feeling squeezed.
Claygate sits between Esher and Hinchley Wood, so it is on our regular run. Larger gardens here often become full transformations rather than single element jobs.
The build
How we build it, Claygate or anywhere else
The structural work is the same wherever we build it: levels surveyed, ground dug out to depth, spoil carted away, sub-bases compacted in layers, foundations and edge restraints in concrete, and drainage taken somewhere sensible. What changes street to street is access and where the water can go.
Soft landscaping is quoted with it, so the turf, topsoil and borders go back to the new edges instead of being left for someone else.
- Survey of levels, drainage and access on your plot
- Excavation, muck-away and the council skip permit where a skip stands on the road
- Compacted sub-bases and concrete-haunched edges
- Retaining walls, steps and paths as the levels need
- Drainage into a channel, soakaway or existing run
- Topsoil, turf and planting to finish the scheme
- Jet wash and full clear-up before handover
The full detail on materials, build-up and what a quote covers is on our hard landscaping page.
Nearby project
300 sqm porcelain patio, Oxshott
Our nearest completed case study to Claygate, built to the same specification we would use on your garden.
Over 300 sqm of porcelain paving wrapped around a large Oxshott house, with a bullnosed curved step and built in planters.
- Timescale
- Several weeks
- Approximate value
- Available on request
On the ground
Working in Claygate
How we work on site
Most properties have a usable side return or a driveway that a mini digger can reach, so the groundworks stage stays efficient. The older village cottages are the exception and tend to be barrow only.
Waste and permits
Elmbridge Borough Council skip permits are arranged where needed, but many Claygate jobs can keep the skip on the drive, which avoids the permit and any parking discussion.
Reviews
What our clients say
9.86/10“We had our patio laid a couple of weeks ago and couldn't be happier with the result. The team did a fantastic job from start to finish.”
Mariliz · 3 months ago
Google · 5/5
“A brilliant professional and highly skilled team which operate with a huge amount of integrity whilst offering excellent value for money.”
Nelson · 3 months ago
Google · 5/5
FAQs
Hard landscaping questions we get asked
What counts as hard landscaping?
Anything built rather than planted: patios and paving, driveways, steps, retaining and garden walls, paths, edging, drainage, decking and pergolas, plus the groundworks under all of it. Soft landscaping is the growing half: topsoil, turf, planting and borders.
Do you do soft landscaping as well?
Yes, and we price it in the same quote. Turf, topsoil, planted borders and mulch are part of nearly every scheme we build. We would rather finish the garden than hand over a terrace surrounded by builder's clay.
Do you subcontract the work?
No. We run three and a half employed crews and our own in-house designer. The people who survey your garden are the people who build it, which is the main reason structural details do not get lost between trades.
How long does a hard landscaping project take?
A single terrace or driveway is usually one to two weeks. A full structural scheme with retaining walls, steps, drainage and planting is typically three to five weeks. You get a programme with the quote, and one crew stays on the job from start to finish.
Do I need planning permission?
Usually not for ground-level paving, paths and normal garden walls. It becomes a question with raised terraces near a boundary, walls over about a metre next to a highway, front gardens that are not permeable, and listed or conservation-area properties. We will flag it at the site visit if your job is one of those.
How much does hard landscaping cost in Surrey?
Most of our jobs land between £5,000 and £10,000 for a single element, and £20,000 to £40,000 for a whole-garden scheme. Access, spoil volume, level changes and drainage move the figure far more than the choice of slab. We fix the price in writing after we have measured the site.
Free site visit
Get a fixed price for your Claygate garden
Tell us the postcode and roughly what you are after. We will come out, measure up and give you a proper fixed price for Claygate, not a ballpark over the phone.