Torquay, Torbay
A small local team building garden rooms, decking, patios and full garden makeovers. The same two faces turn up every morning.
Much of Torquay sits on limestone, and it is rarely far down. On the hillside roads above the harbour we often hit rock within a spit of the surface, which changes how a base gets built and how retaining is handled. It is worth knowing that before a price is agreed rather than halfway through the dig.
The Victorian terraces around Warberry and Lincombe were built long before anyone owned a mini digger. Plenty of gardens are reached through the house or down a side passage, so material goes in by barrow. We work that into the quote rather than springing it on you later.
Large Victorian villas, many long since split into flats, sit alongside post war semis out towards Shiphay and Watcombe and newer housing at the edges of town. What ties them together is the ground. A great many Torquay back gardens rise steeply away from the house and have never been levelled properly, so sloping plots are the norm here rather than the exception.
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On a steep Torquay garden the base is most of the job. Getting a level platform onto a slope, with proper retaining behind it, is what makes the room sit right rather than looking bolted on.
Read moreDecking earns its keep in Torquay more than almost anywhere. A slope that has been useless for years turns into a level seating area with a view, and it costs less than cutting and retaining the whole bank.
Read moreWhere the limestone is close to the surface the dig is harder work but the ground underneath is sound. Drainage needs thinking about, because water coming off a hillside garden has to go somewhere.
Read moreTerraced Torquay gardens usually need levels and retaining sorted before anything else is worth doing. Get that right and the rest of the garden follows.
Read moreA lot of Torquay gardens have been added to in pieces over the years by different people. A full makeover is the chance to stop patching and set the whole thing out properly.
Read moreSend a photo and a rough idea of what you want. We will come out, talk it through and put a proper price on it.