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Thankyou 🙂 hope you enjoy yours

wow £15k? Do you have a big garden?

@@JC-qf1jd yes, I live on a corner plot on a hill and I had my front garden which wraps around the front and side going all the way to the end of my back garden completely changed. It was steeply sloped so I had it reconstructed onto 3 levels. I also used sleepers horizontally but I had them embedded into my lawn so I can walk from one level to the next while cutting the lawn with my mower. Top level is flower beds, middle all lawn, lower a mixture of both lawn and flower beds. Plus footpath from garden gate and driveway. Because of the expense it was done in stages but well worth it. I get many compliments on how unusual it is having the sleepers rise out of the lawn and then sink back into the lawn the other side of the house. I chose a landscaper I knew well, he was quite expensive compared to others in my area but I knew he did exceptional work. 🙂

@@maureenwright7001 going cheap creates nightmares .

@@phil-zz5hk hiring someone who charges a lot and does a terrible job creates even more.

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Thank you 😃 plants were added this year.

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Thats very kind of you. Really pleased to see people noticing the effort that has gone in to the details.

Magnifique exemple de ce qu'il est possible de faire avec un terrain a forte pente et à faible surface. C'est très juste...

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Several different, usable spaces were created out of what was convenient for the original housebuilding. Having French doors open onto a side path that has to be followed to gain access to the much higher garden level us far from convenient. I suspect the new layout let's a lot more light into the house too, besides making a better view out than a brick wall. Mulch and sprinklers save a lot of ongoing maintenance. Personally, I'm slowly pulling out the couch grass in my garden for pretty ground cover that doesn't need regular mowing. Irish moss for playing on, chamomile for lounging near the washing line. Life is too short to waste 3 hours with a hovermower on high maintenance grass. You've done a great job on the structure and basics. In a couple of years when flowering shrubs and such are in and thriving it will be wonderful. Probably added a good 25k to the house too. We'll done. #Great job.

Very knowledgeable and thoughtful words there, clearly understanding the process we went through and what was achieved because of it. A breath of fresh air to read. Thank you for your comment, I wish you all the best with yours. Rob

I think this has to be the best compliment ever 😁👍🏻 Much appreciated, thank you. I have the exact same view point

@@DIYJourney1 wow love what you did there... my only tentative thought is : did all that lovely topsoil go to a good home?!

The top soil removed was not good. The good stuff was saved for levelling the lawn. However the good stuff was taken away to be screened for reuse for someone else

@@DIYJourney1 oh that is good news, glad the better stuff was reused it looked lovely and loamy. Fantastic job you did there, I bet you're getting stuck into planting now. 👍👏

Thank you, absolutely, real sense of achievement. The bbq’s taste much nicer 😁

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Thank you for your kind words. Really great to hear from someone who has noted the efforts and engineering behind the work done. Very much appreciated, thank you.

Absolutely saved a huge amount of work, especially considering the tight access

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Thank you for the kind words. It certainly does, it makes the BBQ’s taste much nicer 😁

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Im still tired now 😃

I bet you both are tired, DIY journeymen. It was one heck of a project, love the grassy steps too..have fun planting up borders etc, looks fabulous

Thank you, we certainly are proud. haha both engineers, however one is a retired road transport engineer and Im a electrical engineer in the rail industry, maybe its the thinking process that helped us

That is very kind of you thank you. Wish it wasn’t so much effort or id take you up on that 😃

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Thank you, there is the full series of videos showing the detail in my playlists.

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🤣🤣 This has the be the best comment ever. Thank you for taking the time to thoroughly watch the video and acknowledge its current state, but also appreciate the effort so far, it really is appreciated. You are always welcome on my channel 👍🏼

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Thank you, thats exactly what we was hoping to achieve, a balance of patio space, and lawned area

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I forgot to say that the railway slippers look great as retention wall.

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Thank you, we are. All the best with finding your own place

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Thank you, hope your enjoying yours

Ill take that as a great compliment thank you, hoping you mean professional by how we applied the delivery, as this certainly is not our profession. Really appreciate it, thank you.

@@DIYJourney1 if you are not professionals you did a first class job and must have added a fortune to the value of your lovely property. I would hire you any day. Good luck with your amazing garden.

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Very kind words, great to here others appreciating the effort. It was hardwork and a lot of thought but ultimately ended up with what we wanted and was affordable.

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