Hi gang,
I'll try and keep it short and sweet!
Got a hedge that's planted along the boundary running beside the house from front to back - it's about 8 metres long.
Current hedge has to go as it's overgrown and unmanageable.
Rest of the back gardens are walled up (6ft tall) to where the hedge starts (at back of house)
Thinking of moving the side gate up to the front of the house and perhaps replacing the hedge with a wall. This would give a solid boundary and secure the area alongside the house. It would also give me a little more space as the current hedge is about 2 metres wide (!)
Any reasons why I shouldn't do this? It's not beside another property or road (just a strip of grass in a residential area). There is a covenant in place but from what I can see it only stipulates no walls/fences etc across the front of the property (open-plan type front gardens where I am). 70's built end of terrace for what it's worth
Existing wall is single skin, 6ft tall with piers every 8ft. Seems to be doing fine.
Other than cost (7.8m long 1.8m high of brickwork/footings etc) can anyone think of a downside to this? I can't see it being a problem aesthetically as if the hedge wasn't there people would just be looking at the brickwork of the side of the house - and I guess the new wall would be about a metre lower than the old hedge - and much neater, same as the rest of the garden wall.
Only other options I can think of would be to replace the hedge - but another leylandi will take as much maintenance as this old one. And most other types will take ages to grow - and unlikely to be as secure/solid boundary as a wall. I guess I could build a fence - but for the cost of a decent fence would I not be better off with a wall - at least it will match the rest of the boundaries and should last me out.
I'm roughly estimating 14 square metres of visible brickwork - plus the piers and whatever is not visible from the footings. So 1000 bricks or so? I can cut the old hedge down and dig out roots/dig (and prepare?) footings which should cut out some of the groundwork.
Any guesstimates of what this should cost in the Surrey area? I'm guessing a brickie plus labourer, 3/4 days work or so? Maybe £750-1000 labour and the same for materials or so. £1.5-2k in my head sounds okay for a 26ft single skin wall built well. I think much more than £2k and I'll have to leave the idea - maybe stick with a hedge or fence as I've other work that needs doing too.
Any advice or suggestions most welcomed
Will
I'll try and keep it short and sweet!
Got a hedge that's planted along the boundary running beside the house from front to back - it's about 8 metres long.
Current hedge has to go as it's overgrown and unmanageable.
Rest of the back gardens are walled up (6ft tall) to where the hedge starts (at back of house)
Thinking of moving the side gate up to the front of the house and perhaps replacing the hedge with a wall. This would give a solid boundary and secure the area alongside the house. It would also give me a little more space as the current hedge is about 2 metres wide (!)
Any reasons why I shouldn't do this? It's not beside another property or road (just a strip of grass in a residential area). There is a covenant in place but from what I can see it only stipulates no walls/fences etc across the front of the property (open-plan type front gardens where I am). 70's built end of terrace for what it's worth
Existing wall is single skin, 6ft tall with piers every 8ft. Seems to be doing fine.
Other than cost (7.8m long 1.8m high of brickwork/footings etc) can anyone think of a downside to this? I can't see it being a problem aesthetically as if the hedge wasn't there people would just be looking at the brickwork of the side of the house - and I guess the new wall would be about a metre lower than the old hedge - and much neater, same as the rest of the garden wall.
Only other options I can think of would be to replace the hedge - but another leylandi will take as much maintenance as this old one. And most other types will take ages to grow - and unlikely to be as secure/solid boundary as a wall. I guess I could build a fence - but for the cost of a decent fence would I not be better off with a wall - at least it will match the rest of the boundaries and should last me out.
I'm roughly estimating 14 square metres of visible brickwork - plus the piers and whatever is not visible from the footings. So 1000 bricks or so? I can cut the old hedge down and dig out roots/dig (and prepare?) footings which should cut out some of the groundwork.
Any guesstimates of what this should cost in the Surrey area? I'm guessing a brickie plus labourer, 3/4 days work or so? Maybe £750-1000 labour and the same for materials or so. £1.5-2k in my head sounds okay for a 26ft single skin wall built well. I think much more than £2k and I'll have to leave the idea - maybe stick with a hedge or fence as I've other work that needs doing too.
Any advice or suggestions most welcomed
Will