News 2011

Front Garden

Following the new legislation in England as of 1st October 2008, planning permission is now required to lay traditional impermeable driveways that allow uncontrolled runoff of rainwater from front gardens exceeding 5m² onto roads. The reason is that rainfall can travel quickly into the watercourse via impermeable surfaces and there is very little natural infiltration or retention to reduce levels of pollutants such as silt, organic matter and petrol/oil derivatives.

What is SUDS?

General householders will therefore not require planning permission if they use permeable paving, or if they have sufficient drainage or soak away to ensure runoff from non-permeable surfaces.

Whatever route you do choose – permeable paving or planning permission – Greenroom Landscaping will advise you on the best option for your garden and soil type.

Improve or Move? Special offers

January 2011

Even though we have been told that the recession is now over, we have yet to see the effects especially in the housing market. Therefore many of us are deciding to stay put and improve on what we have rather, than running the risk of selling and having the added costs of stamp duties.

To improve your home and garden without spending too much cash, consider the following options:

Kerb appeal - Why not refresh your front garden. For real kerb appeal or for getting your property ready to put on the market, why not refresh your front garden. Greenroom Landscaping are offering a garden tidy up and planting starting from as little as £350.00.

Mini-makeover for your garden. For simple ideas on how you could rejuvenate your garden – we are offering a 'Mini-makeover' consultation. This will give you one hour of our time on site including a follow up report with simple ideas about how you could improve and rejuvenate your garden (with the focus being on cost effectiveness if required). Costs for a 'Mini-makeover' report start from £150.

Border revamp. The cheapest element of a garden redesign is the planting – with plants starting from around £4.99 per unit. Why not revamp a border or your front garden to give your home a spring boost. We can create a planting plan for you with costs starting form as little as £125.

Affordable design. If you would like your garden completely redesigned but are concerned that you don't have the budget for the whole project in one go, Greenroom Landscaping can create a design, which you could implement in phases to spread the cost over a several years. Garden design fees start from £650.