ᐅ Cost: Raise the garden’s ground level by 80 cm (approximately 31.5 inches)

Hello everyone,

What costs should I expect if I want to raise the ground level in our garden?

Details:
- The house is 80 cm (31.5 inches) higher than the garden.
- This height difference should be completely leveled out at the house and then gradually slope down to zero at the back boundary of the garden. (Fill up 80 cm (31.5 inches) at the house. No fill at the back of the garden.)
- The garden extends 22 m (72 feet) deep from the house and is 15.5 m (51 feet) wide.

The neighbors are doing the same, so I don’t need lateral support.

I plan to hire a landscaping contractor for this work. What prices should I expect?

expensive...

why don’t you match each other? If the neighbor lowers their level and you do too, you both end up with a dirty corner

HilfeHilfe schrieb:
expensive...

why don’t you just match each other? If the neighbor lowers their ground and you do too, you both end up with a dirty corner

The only option is to raise the garden.

What exactly do you mean by expensive? Do you have any price examples or something?

Questions:
Can you get excavated soil in the construction area? In other words: Is there anyone with excess soil who would like to save on disposal costs? If yes, would 2000–3000 liters (530–790 gallons) be feasible? Because what do we need? Excavator with operator: 200 per hour. Truck with driver: 200 per hour. Soil. Calculate: 8 hours for the excavator, 2 hours for the truck. Taxes. The soil itself is free. Karsten

Nordlys schrieb:
Questions:
Can you get excavated soil from the construction area? In other words: Are there people who have excess soil and would like to save on disposal costs? If yes, would 2000-3000 cubic meters be manageable? Because what do we need? Excavator with operator: 200 per hour. Truck with driver: 200 per hour. Soil. Calculate: 8 hours for the excavator, 2 hours for the truck. Tax. Soil is basically free. Karsten

Unfortunately, I still have to buy the soil. Do you have a price example for that? I also don’t know which soil quality is suitable for filling.

Will the garden be ready enough afterward to sow the lawn directly, or should I expect additional costs and preparatory work?

We got 90 cubic meters (cbm) of good topsoil for just under 1,000 Euros.
I posted an ad saying we would “graciously” take topsoil. Then another builder got in touch, wanting to get rid of good topsoil (it would have been a waste to let it go to the dump where they sell it at a high price). So we split the disposal costs. The soil was delivered as far as possible into the garden, but easily half of it ended up in our driveway. We then had to laboriously move it by hand, with effort and wheelbarrows, to the back. Unfortunately, using a loader was no longer an option.