Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 4Oct 17, 2011 11:43 am Thanks chrisandkate, the allowance can be used any way up to me. As mentioned, I would like pavers on the alfresco side (from end of alfresco to backline of house) and the whole backline along with air con to the water tank. Probably 1.5-1.8m width of paver. Question concernd me is if I do my own way, then highly possible I need to flat the ground which I am not sure how to do or how much going to cost if hire someone with a bobcat. Considering only $3000 allowance, it should be very basic but I can top another $1000 to make it looks better. Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 5Oct 17, 2011 12:15 pm IT will depend on the quality of the materials used and plants. You will be paying a premium for everything so you I would be wanting them to do the hardest things as you have already paid for it. Not sure on the going rate for laying pavers, but if you can find that out then you'll be able to work out how much you can get for your money. Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 6Oct 18, 2011 8:16 am I found that paving rate around $40/sqm. Due to a tight budget, I will pave the majority of abckyard and leave the rest for mulch and choose some planting which make the garden not so boring. However, I am still not sure how to make the ground flat in order to pave bricks etc as in NSW, it seems like builder only responsible for clean the rubbish e.g. rocks and building waste but flat ground will be your out pocket money. Am I right? If so, anyone can suggest an estimation to flat the ground based on my pics above? Thanks Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 7Oct 18, 2011 8:43 am hi, be very careful with water draining direction, from the picture you have a house sitting on the lower side of the slope? if the house is sitting lower than others you need to make sure the water are draining away from your slab, I believe during the handover appointment you will be given a document recommending a 900mm to 1m concrete path around your house, if you are going to do this make sure the concrete path will be sitting higher than the rest of the ground, at least matching your slab level for the minimal, and falling should be consider for better water drainage, either to drainage point on your concrete path or away from the slab. i would do mulch or something lightweight between your concrete path and retaining wall for easier water evaporation. if you do concrete through out then there is nothing to worry about but i prefer a bit of natural "green". Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 8Oct 18, 2011 3:03 pm Thanks rojak1, that is very useful information to know. My block is slope from west to east side which means the block on the west side of fence higher than my block and east side of neighbour block is lower. I guess if I can use the nature slope of a drainage solution, would it sound workable? I do not intend to use concrete path but prefer pavers. So can pavers build along with the slope or it must require flat ground as base? Thanks Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 9Oct 19, 2011 9:31 am i am not too sure about pavers around the house. i am currently doing landscapping as well on my new house, initially i opted for pavers around the house but was told the water still get through, so really the best option is concrete path that lead water further away from the slab. it also depends what type of paver structure you are after. if we are talking about stepping stone style paver, they need to level the ground, crush rocks, mortar the paver down, then topping around the paver stone, but with this setup there is no gurantee the water will drain away from the slab. if we are talking paver througout, like tiling, the ground will still need to be leveled, but it will be better for water drainage. you may find that doing tilling type paver around the house end up more expensive than concrete path. if you are doing concrete, and on tight budget, take note of the thickness, it should be at least 100mm minimal. haven't see anyone doing paver on slope, maybe the paver may crack over time due to stress? Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 10Oct 19, 2011 9:37 am btw, i just realized your backyard is very similar to my old house, i did a L shape retaining wall 3 slipper high using red gum along the back fence. then level the ground, and grass. Re: Landscape with slope block, your advise much appreciate! 11Oct 20, 2011 1:41 pm Got a quotation as below: . pave path from footpath to front step with Bink pavers, 1.5 metres wide . place stones/gravel down side of house from front corner of house to end of patio . nail treated pine to bottom of fence on this side (north side) and between stones and mulch . install Bink pavers as steppers (in concrete) from patio to back corner of house and along southern side of house between concrete pads Total including GST $1,540 * includes supply of pavers and all other materials. The stones quoted for are approximately $50 per cubic meter and are a grey mix. There are others available such as Bungendore Brown or Gold for $80 - 90 per cubic. Although it was not the design I prefer, but just by looking at the quotation is it seems reasonable? Thanks Need advice on the backyard plan above. Should I excavate and cut all of the dirt to level with the house slab or semi-excavate as per photo above? Both left and right… 0 24831 A survey must’ve completed by a certified surveyor. This form part of every DA requirement 3 223588 Hi All, We have recently purchased a sloping block (3.5m fall building envelope, 6m overall). Just wondering if you know of any good builders that you would recommend for… 0 1752 |