Garden Groundworks in Notting Hill that set your project up properly from day one. We handle clearance, excavation, levelling, drainage and foundations with tidy waste removal. Ideal for W11 gardens, terraces and mews access.
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From Portobello Road Market to Notting Hill Gate, gardens here often need careful preparation before paving, lawns or new planting go in. Our groundworks service covers site clearance, excavation, grading and levelling so your outdoor space performs as well as it looks. We plan access and waste removal to keep disruption low on busy streets. The result is a stable, well-drained base ready for the next stage.
Notting Hill’s pastel-painted Victorian townhouses, mansion conversions and mews houses bring their own challenges below ground. We regularly work in tight side returns, raised terraces and courtyard gardens where levels and drainage must be spot-on. In the garden groundworks Notting Hill area, we’re used to protecting existing walls, steps and mature planting while upgrading the sub-base. Our approach suits premium properties where finish quality matters as much as structure.
We start with a site visit, level checks and a clear scope for excavation, drainage runs and foundation depths. Work is carried out with clean edges, controlled spoil handling and documented waste transfer for peace of mind. You’ll get straightforward communication, sensible staging, and a final handover that confirms falls, compaction and access routes. Homeowners choose us because we build the unseen parts properly, so surfaces stay even and water goes where it should.
Working across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea means factoring in tight access, parking controls and considerate working hours. Many W11 homes have limited storage and narrow gateways, so we plan deliveries, spoil removal and machinery sizes carefully. We also account for older boundary walls, basements and mixed ground layers that can affect excavation and drainage. Our garden groundworks in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are designed to be robust, compliant and neighbour-friendly.
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Costs vary with access, excavation depth, spoil volumes and whether drainage or foundations are needed. As a guide, small clearance and levelling jobs often start around £900–£2,500. Typical groundworks for a patio or lawn base with grading and waste removal are commonly £2,500–£7,500. Projects involving new drainage runs, deeper excavation or structural foundations can be £7,500–£20,000+. We provide a detailed, itemised estimate after a site visit.
Most small groundworks take 1–3 days, such as site clearance, minor excavation and levelling. Preparing a full patio or lawn base with grading, compaction and waste removal typically takes 3–7 days. Drainage installations and foundation works can extend this to 1–3 weeks depending on depth, curing times and access restrictions. Timescales are influenced by weather, skip permits, hidden obstructions, and whether we’re working around existing structures or neighbours.
Many garden groundworks are permitted development, especially like-for-like patios, paths, lawns and general levelling. However, rules can apply if you’re altering levels significantly, affecting drainage to the public highway, working near boundaries, or the property is listed or in a conservation area (common locally). For driveways, permeable surfacing and correct run-off are key. We’ll flag likely permissions, advise on SuDS-friendly drainage, and help you check requirements with the council.
We provide a 10-year warranty on our workmanship for groundworks we install, including sub-bases, compaction, falls/levels and associated drainage connections (where within our scope). This covers defects caused by installation issues, not damage from third-party works, extreme events, or pre-existing structural movement. We also use proven materials and correct layer depths to reduce settlement risk. Warranty details are confirmed in writing with your specification and invoice.
We can prepare stable bases for porcelain paving, natural stone, resin-bound surfacing, block paving, gravel grids, and turf or seeded lawns. We also form foundations for pergolas, garden rooms, steps and retaining edges, plus drainage options like channel drains, soakaways and permeable sub-bases. We’ll help you choose based on usage, maintenance, slip resistance and how water will drain in your garden. Samples and build-ups can be reviewed before work starts.
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