Lawn/ground soft and soggy in the corner

[Mw Roofline]

Hi this is my garden not looking too great as winter. When we bought the house it was a mess so we levelled it and turfed it about 4 years ago.

However as flat as I could do it, water has always accumulated in the bottom corner and it's soggy as anything, and it's right next to the gate too so anyone stepping off the step just sinks in the mud.

Even the dogs are having second thoughts about stepping down

What would be the best way to try and raise that patch a little? I was thinking a few inches of hardcore and then soil and then seed in the spring.
Would that be about right? It's a shame because it all looks flat and uniform but it does this every year.

Cheers

 

[Nige F]

Could there be rainwater from a roof getting puddled there

 

[Himaginn]

I'd extend the steps so that you could come through the gate and into the house without treading onto the garden.

 

[Mw Roofline]

Could there be rainwater from a roof getting puddled there

No nige, I built the extension and everything goes into a storm drain.

 

[Mw Roofline]

I'd extend the steps so that you could come through the gate and into the house without treading onto the garden.

It's soggy right till the end of those planks. We would still have to step into the garden and that's where we sink into the mud.

 

[Mw Roofline]

I could put some perforated pipe in the ground and connect to the storm drain but it's a lot of work and mess. I'm not sure if raising it would help, just not sure what to use to build it up a little.

 

[Himaginn]

I'd extend the steps so that you could come through the gate and into the house without treading onto the garden.

It's soggy right till the end of those planks. We would still have to step into the garden and that's where we sink into the mud.

Join the steps from the gate to the steps to the house so you don't need to tread on the garden, at least when you're coming in via the back gate.

 

[Nige F]

Could there be rainwater from a roof getting puddled there

No nige, I built the extension and everything goes into a storm drain.

I was wondering about the downpipe visible above the dogs - on your neighbours glass roof

 

[Mw Roofline]

Could there be rainwater from a roof getting puddled there

No nige, I built the extension and everything goes into a storm drain.

I was wondering about the downpipe visible above the dogs - on your neighbours glass roof

Well spotted! It goes into a drain, their extn less than 20 years old and i remember seeing the orange pipe going in.