Landscaping in Tile Hill
Gardens are won and lost underground. A patio on a proper sub-base, a drive with real edge restraints and a wall with drainage behind it all look the same on day one and completely different after three winters.
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Landscaping in Tile Hill, the area around Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School. Patios and paving, driveways, retaining walls, fencing and gates, artificial grass and garden clearance — built on a proper base with drainage designed in rather than hoped for.
Working in Tile Hill
Tile Hill lies 3.1 miles west of Coventry city centre, in the CV4 postcode district.
Within walking distance you will find Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School and Our Lady of the Assumption, and we work on properties throughout the streets around them.
The nearest areas we also cover are Canley (0.7 miles) and Mount Nod (0.8 miles), so work in Tile Hill sits inside the same run of the city.
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- West Coventry Academy
- St Oswald CoE Church
- Canley Corridor
- House Greens
- Slabs bedded on five dabs of mortar rock within a season. A full bed is the difference.
- Standing water two days after rain means the fall is wrong, not that the surface failed.
- Edge restraint is what stops block paving spreading and dropping at the perimeter.
- Sub-base depth and compaction decide whether paving stays flat — not the slab you choose.
- Retaining walls fail from water pressure behind them, not from weak brickwork.
The work itself, in plain terms
What we build around Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School and the rest of Tile Hill, from driveways to garden walls.
Patios & paving
Patios laid on a full mortar bed over a properly compacted sub-base, with the fall running away from the house.
Driveways
Driveway construction including the drainage strategy, so run-off is dealt with on the property rather than pushed to the road.
Garden & retaining walls
Retaining and decorative walling, with land drains and weep holes behind anything holding back ground.
Fencing & gates
Boundary fencing and gates, built to a height that complies — including the lower limit next to a road.
Artificial grass
Artificial turf for shaded or heavily used gardens where real grass will not establish, installed on a screeded sub-base.
Garden clearance
Clearing overgrown gardens back to a usable state, with the waste removed under proper duty of care.
Built around how you own the property
Homeowners
Work done once and properly, with the base and the drainage right before anything visible goes down.
Landlords
Low-maintenance outdoor space that will not become a trip hazard or a between-tenancy job every time.
New-build & bare plots
A plan that works with the ground you have been left rather than the one on the sales brochure.
The jobs that start with a phone call
- 01
Decking that is green and slippery from October, built where the sun never reaches it.
- 02
Steps that have settled unevenly, laid on made ground that was never compacted.
- 03
A block drive with ruts where the wheels sit and the edges dropping away, from too little sub-base and no edge restraint.
- 04
Artificial grass gone lumpy within two years, laid straight over the old turf with no screeded base.
- 05
A patio built up above the damp-proof course, with damp now showing on the inside of that wall.
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Gravel that has migrated across the path and into the house, because nothing was edging it.
What we check on a property in Tile Hill
Every quote starts with a survey. These are the things we look at on landscaping work in Tile Hill, and why each one changes the recommendation.
Height of the damp-proof course
Any surface against the house must finish at least 150mm below the damp-proof course. We measure it at survey, because getting this wrong creates internal damp that looks like a building fault.
Step and threshold heights
Comfortable, consistent step heights and safe thresholds at doors. Uneven improvised steps are among the most common trip hazards we are asked to put right.
Boundary ownership
Before any fence or wall work we establish who owns the boundary and where the line actually runs. Deeds settle it; assumption causes disputes.
Sunlight and shade across the day
Shaded areas grow algae on natural stone and will not support real grass. Knowing how the sun moves across the garden changes which materials make sense where.
Spoil volume and disposal
We calculate how much material is coming out and how it leaves site. It is a large, legitimate part of the cost and it should be in the quote, not a surprise.
Existing walls and their foundations
Where a wall is being retained or built onto, we check what it is standing on. Many older garden walls have almost no foundation and will not take additional load.
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Landscaping in Tile Hill — your questions answered
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Speak to us today0786 5778332What else is near Tile Hill that you cover?
Tile Hill sits next to Canley (about 0.7 miles away), Mount Nod (about 0.8 miles away), Eastern Green (about 0.9 miles away) and Bannerbrook Park (about 1.1 miles away). We work across the whole of that cluster, which is part of why we can usually get to a survey quickly — we are often already nearby.
How quickly can you get to Tile Hill?
Quickly — it is about 3.1 miles west of the city centre. Short distances are the main reason we can offer same-week surveys and come back promptly if something needs a second look.
What is the best time of year for landscaping work?
Hard landscaping can be done most of the year. The real constraints are frost, which stops mortar and concrete work, and sustained wet weather, which makes excavation and compaction impossible to do properly and turns a garden into a mud bath. Spring to autumn is easiest. Winter work is possible on well-drained sites with contingency for weather in the programme.
How long does a patio or driveway take?
A typical patio is around one to two weeks depending on size, excavation depth and how far the spoil has to be carried. A driveway is usually similar. Access is the biggest variable: a rear garden with no side access, where every barrow of waste and every tonne of aggregate goes through the house or over a wall, takes substantially longer than the same job with a drive to the gate.
Which way should a patio fall?
Away from the house, always, at a gentle fall of roughly 1 in 60 to 1 in 80 — enough to shed water without being noticeable underfoot. It must also finish at least 150mm below the damp-proof course. A patio laid level, or laid up to the brickwork above the damp-proof course, will put water into the wall, and that shows up as internal damp that no amount of treatment inside will fix.
Who owns the fence between me and my neighbour?
There is no universal rule — the common belief that it is always the left-hand boundary is a myth. Ownership is set out in the title deeds, sometimes marked with a T mark on the plan showing which side carries the responsibility. It is worth checking before replacing a fence, both to know who should pay and because taking down a neighbour's fence without agreement causes avoidable disputes.
Can you clear a badly overgrown garden?
Yes, and it is a common first job. Clearance means cutting back, removing, and taking away the waste, which is usually the larger part of the cost. Two things to flag at survey: a heavily overgrown garden can hide structures, drains and inspection chambers nobody knew about, and clearance between March and August needs care over nesting birds, which are legally protected while nesting.
Get your free landscaping quote in Tile Hill
Tell us what you want the garden to do and send a couple of photos. We will come and look at the levels, the access and where the water currently goes, then give you a fixed written price.
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