Hard Landscaping in KT10
Hard landscaping in Esher, 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 Esher gardens
KT10 is a mix of period houses and later twentieth century detached stock, with noticeably larger plots on the roads off the High Street and around Esher Green. Those bigger gardens are where the full transformations happen: levels to resolve, a terrace big enough to be a room, and enough depth for real planting.
Esher is a short run from our yard in Thames Ditton and it is the town we work in most after our own. Deliveries get staged rather than dumped, which matters on roads where a lorry cannot sit for long.
The build
How we build it, Esher 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.
A Esher project
New turf lawn, Esher
A tired lawn stripped out and replaced with fresh turf on a properly prepared base, running from the house down to the pergola seating area.
- Timescale
- Under a week
- Approximate value
- Available on request
On the ground
Working in Esher
How we work on site
The larger plots around Esher Green often have side or rear access that lets a machine work on site, which speeds up the groundworks stage. The older village properties nearer the High Street need a barrow route or, occasionally, a crane over the back where there is no side access.
Waste and permits
Elmbridge Borough Council skip permits are sorted before work starts, especially on the busier stretches near the High Street where parking pressure decides the best approach.
Reviews
What our clients say
9.86/10“The professionalism, skill and wanting to do the very best for their customer, shines from the first moment you meet the team to discuss your thinking.”
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Checkatrade · 10/10
“We had a great experience with HD Landscape Gardeners. They were a pleasure to deal with from start to finish.”
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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 Esher 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 Esher, not a ballpark over the phone.