Does anyone know anything about gardening?

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hugo7 in reply to @cozzzzzzzz
is it a big (i.e. expensive) job

You don't give the other dimensions, so it's hard to know how much earth in total you'd be moving. But the short answer is probably, yes.

Obvious factors to me:
- how much soil do you have to remove? If there's a reasonable amount you need a skip, which adds up.
- how do you remove the soil from the site? - ie can a digger get access? - if not, then you're paying for people to dig with spades, which adds up. Can earth be wheelbarrowed away? - if not it's truggs through the house, which adds up.
- can the boarder walls/fences cope with the amount of earth being removed? If not, then you need to build retaining walls, which adds up.
- etc.
However, if it's a small garden and/or none of the issues above apply then I can image you could DIY or find labours to do it for a grand. Worth remembering that compacted soil is very compact. As soon as you dig it up its volume will increase so check any guestimates for skip requirements.

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cozzzzzzzz in reply to @hugo7

thanks - it would roughly be for an area of 6mx4m. garden is accessed via four steps from a back lane... not sure whether a digger could be brought in via ramp maybe. I've got a gardener coming to do the garden already to a spec we'd discussed, so I'll ask him how much he thinks it'd be to add this to the works. just wanted a rough feeler to see if we're talking 1/1.5k or 5-7k.

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