Originally Posted by
SvN
When we put an offer on our house, it was conditional on the removal of two ponds in the garden. They got rid of them, but left all of the plants surrounding them and big mounds of dirt where the ponds used to be. The garden is huge so it didn't really bother me, but my wife hated it. We spent the last two days digging out all of the weeds and overgrown plants, then worked on getting the ground level. We filled a 7 yard skip, and ended up having to order a replacement in order to finish it.
I don't mind gardening, but this is back breaking stuff.