Garden raising prices

Is your garden sagging and therefore you want to raise your garden? A difference in height in your garden can give it character, but it can also cause problems. Renoca has selected the prices for raising the height of a garden for you.

What will it cost to raise the height of your garden?

On average, it will cost around £ 750 to raise the height of your garden. On average you will pay £ 15 for raising 1 m² of garden. See the price list below for all average prices for raising the height of a garden.

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Price examples

In the price table you can see the average costs per m². Curious about the total cost? Check out 3 price examples below.

Most economical choice

The raising of your garden is usually done in combination with (re)paving, with the old or new tiles. If you don’t want this, because you are going to do something else with the piece of raised ground, then you only pay for raising the garden. The costs are on average £ 15 per m², which includes the sand. If you have a 50 m² garden, for example, you will pay an average of £ 750.

Average costs

Most people who have their garden raised do so because their paving has subsided. So they already have tiles and they would like to have them put back in place. They have their garden raised and the old tiles are used for repaving. Does this also apply to you? On average, you pay between £ 25 and £ 30 per m² for raising your garden with old tiles, including sand. For a 50 m² garden, you will pay between £ 1,250 and £ 1,500 on average. Then you probably don’t have any old tiles lying around yet. You can provide the tiles yourself and have them delivered to your garden, but you can also agree that the gardener will arrange the tiles for you. You will then pay between £25 and £30 for raising your garden and paving it, plus the cost of the new tiles.

Price structure garden raising

What choices determine garden raise prices?

There are several choices that determine the price of garden raise.

Choice 1: What function does the soil have?

The price of garden raise is partly determined by the function of the soil. Areas that are going to be heavily loaded require a different type of filling than soil that is going to be lightly loaded. On a driveway, for example, cars will be parked, so the paving of a driveway must be able to handle a heavier load than a walkway. If the ground is going to be heavily loaded, it is wise to lay crushed rubble under the filling sand. This will harden the surface. Crushed rubble costs a little more than backfill sand. Also bear in mind that in areas where plants will be planted, it is better to use garden soil for backfilling, as plants do not like standing in sand.

Choice 2: And then: paving or laying grass?

Decide before you start paving the garden what you are going to do with it afterwards. If you are going to pave it, you will take different measures than if you are going to grow grass on it. You don’t need to use garden soil then, but instead use white filler sand. To raise a lawn, you use soil instead of sand. Raising grass is cheaper per square metre than paving. If you want more information about paving, see our page about paving, and if you want more information about laying grass, see the page laying grass.

Choice 3: How big is the surface to be raised?

If you want to raise a very large surface, don’t worry that it will be unaffordable. The overall price will of course be higher than for a smaller area, but usually it is actually cheaper per m² to have a larger area done. So don’t be put off and ask a gardener how much it will cost for you.

Choice 4: Additional options

The options below are not necessary for every embankment, but it is useful to see what might be of interest to you.