New Build, Garden?

[AMCDan]

The OH and I have bought our first house together.

It's a new build and the back garden is just 100% mud. There doesn't appear to be any building debris in there or anything but it's obviously not very attractive.

It's not a huge garden so the idea for now was just to turf the lot and get on with the rest of the house before we look at it again.

So how do i go from mud to grass? I'm assuming i can't just turn over the soil, rake, flatten and turf? Should i be getting topsoil in first? If so, to what depth?

Cheers

[AMCDan]

two very different replies

i was going to do a mixture of the two.. but 2 feet of top soil sounds like a hell of a lot!

[AMCDan]

thanks for the help..... a quick question about fencing if i may?

I am not too keen on all these feather edge closed board fencing things that you can get at B&Q. My old man in our last house put up a fence that was basically 6 foot fence posts (well 6' above soil, concreted in place) and then it had wide boards put horizontally between each post - the boards alternated sides so i would have one board, a board sized space, another board - then on the other side where my board "space" was, a board went in to cover it up. It was alternating board to board. The idea being that there was no "ugly" side. What style of fencing would you call this?

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If that makes sense? What size of board would he have used? The only thing i can find close is gravel board at ~£5 per board. Would work out expensive i think.

Edited by AMCDan on Sunday 19th April 18:09

[AMCDan]

kinda.. turn that on it's side so it's horizontal - but the posts were about 5" square so there'd be more of a gap between the boards

[AMCDan]

imagine this:



but horizontal - and no overlap - and with a 5" fence post sized gap in the middle.

I'd have thought the boards were about 8-10" wide though. What wood would he have used?

Edited by AMCDan on Sunday 19th April 18:24

[AMCDan]

Sam_68 said:

Since it's new build, who is your building control/warranty provider?

If it's the NHBC, you may wish to be aware of the following guidance from the NHBC 'Standards' Document:

"[b]9.2 - S6 Garden areas shall be
adequately prepared for cultivation[/b]
Construction rubbish and debris should
be removed from garden and other areas
around the home.

Sam, cheers - that's a great help. NHBC are the warranty provider.

[AMCDan]

thanks for all the help - very impressed how much info you can get on all sorts of subjects on what is meant to be a forum about cars!