New Build Villa Landscaping in Mallorca
A new build hands over with a house and a plot, and the plot is usually compacted subsoil with a builder rubble layer under it. Describe what you have been left with and we pass the request to companies that start gardens from that point.
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Deal with the ground before anything else
Every machine that built the house drove across the garden, so the top half metre is compacted and often full of sand, cement washings and offcuts. Planting into it produces the classic new build result, which is a garden that looks acceptable for one season and then stalls.
The sequence that works is unglamorous. Break up the compaction, take out what should not be there, fix the levels and the falls, put the ducting in for irrigation and lighting, then bring in real topsoil. Only after that does anything get planted.
It is also the cheapest moment in the property life to do all of it. There are no established plants to work around, machinery can still reach the plot, and nothing has been surfaced over yet.
What new build owners most often ask for
- Breaking up compaction and removing construction debris
- Levels and falls corrected away from the house
- Drainage before any surface goes down
- Irrigation and lighting ducting laid first
- Imported topsoil and soil improvement
- A planting plan that suits the plot rather than the show garden
- Terraces, paths and the pool surround
- Screening from neighbouring plots still being built
- A first two years watering and care plan
How your request reaches a company
Mallorca Landscapers is a comparison service. A request for a new build garden goes to the landscaping companies on our list; they quote the work and carry it out, and any agreement is between you and the company you pick.
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Describe the job
Tell us the property, roughly what you want and where it is. Photographs and a rough plan help, though neither is required.
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We match it
The request goes to companies that work in your area and take on this kind of job at this size.
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They quote you
Each company contacts you directly with its own price, timing and approach. We do not set any of it.
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You compare and choose
Put the quotes side by side and take the one you want, or none of them. Using the site costs you nothing.
Good places to start
New build villa landscaping checklist
Is the builder responsible for the garden?
Only for what the contract says, and often that stops at a levelled plot. Check the specification before assuming topsoil or drainage is included.
How soon can the garden be planted?
Once the ground has been opened up and the services are in. Planting into compacted builder ground is the most common expensive mistake on a new build here.
Can the garden be done in phases?
Yes, provided the buried work comes first. Ducting, drainage and levels are the parts that are painful to add later.
Turn the plot into a garden
Describe what the builders left and let several companies price the work.