Levelling a garden

This may be like asking "how long is a piece of string?" but I'm interested in purchasing a house thats on a hill. My concern is whether I'll be able to put swings, trampoline etc in the garden. I've no idea about gardening, how big a job is it to level a garden? I'd say the gradient is about 25 degrees.

You could terrace parts of it, then leave most of it sloped?
Have the swings and trampoline on the level area. That may be the most cost effective.

There may be a reason why the garden is sloped. It may cost a lot to import topsoil or maybe the site boundary wall is not a retaining wall. Without seeing the site, i would think My Potatoes suggestion sounds like the best idea.

Is there access for machinery? There can be a significant cost difference between using machinery and doing it by hand.

My Potatoes said:

You could terrace parts of it, then leave most of it sloped?
Have the swings and trampoline on the level area. That may be the most cost effective.

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Would agree with this.

We had to do the same thing - our back garden is also sloped and we had a retaining wall built and levelled part of the garden for a deck and trampolene. Had 100 tons of topsoil delivered and then spread and flattened with a mini-digger. Also had to install and connect a drain behind the retaining wall at the bottom to the main drain.

Whether they can get access with machinery (digger and dumper truck) is crucial to the price, as Spear says, if they have to do it by hand and move the topsoil by wheelbarrow, it will obviously cost more.

shaking said:

This may be like asking "how long is a piece of string?" but I'm interested in purchasing a house thats on a hill. My concern is whether I'll be able to put swings, trampoline etc in the garden. I've no idea about gardening, how big a job is it to level a garden? I'd say the gradient is about 25 degrees.

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I'm not being smart now, but it sounds like you want a garden that is not on a hill, in which case maybe reconsider the purchase?

Whatever happens, it'll be a piece of work and that'll cost you. And if those that do it don't know their stuff, it'll cost you even more in the long term.