Hard Landscaping in KT8
Hard landscaping in Hampton Court, 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 Hampton Court gardens
Period houses and villas on the streets around the palace and the station, with Victorian terraces behind them. Gardens are modest, enclosed and often walled, and the setting sets the tone for the materials.
Sandstone and brick suit this setting better than large format grey porcelain, and we will say so if the brief points the other way.
The build
How we build it, Hampton Court 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 Hampton Court, 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 Hampton Court
How we work on site
Parking is under pressure and the roads are busy with visitor traffic, so deliveries are booked and staged. Walled gardens mean materials in and spoil out by the same planned route.
Waste and permits
The borough boundary runs close here, so the skip permit comes from Richmond upon Thames or Elmbridge depending on the address, and we confirm which before booking. Conservation area status applies to much of the area around the palace.
Reviews
What our clients say
9.86/10“Hayden & Danny did an amazing job in our small garden, good ideas and excellent work coupled with speed and efficiency. Will definitely use again and recommend their services.”
Julian · a year ago
Google · 5/5
“HD were recommended to me and I was a bit unsure as I'd never met them before. From the get go they were polite, helpful and informative. They made me feel”
Stogey G16 · a year ago
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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 Hampton Court 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 Hampton Court, not a ballpark over the phone.