Completely Flattening a sloped garden

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Does anyone know if it is possible to flatten a sloped garden completely?

We are interested in buying this house on rightmove.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29567730.html?premiumA=true

However, the garden is quite high up (see slide 5 and 15) and we are worried about the kids safety (3 boys who love to play football falling off). We have being doing research but everyone seems to suggest terracing which I think is what the present owners have already done. But we want to know if anyone has managed to completely flatten a garden (i.e so no steps are required) or is this not possible?

Our garden is like that although possibly even bigger. You couldn't begin to dig it out to flat. It would be massive amounts of earth to move and id have to build massive retaking walls to stop my neighbours garden sheds and horses fields collapsing into my garden.

Not to mention minor practicalities like I'd destroy the septic tank soak away.

impossible to flatten. maybe put a fence half way along and only allow football in the half away from the house?

you can also put wide (1m or more) flower beds at the top of the terraces - that stops people walking too near the top of the terrace, and if they do go to near, they fall on the plants not over the edge.

the next door house appears to be slightly higher up, so it could fall down if you removed the ground next to it!

the further end of the garden looks fairly spacious and flat, surely the boys would have enough room to tear about in that bit?

As the others have already mentioned. it would be an enormous undertaking requiring a structural engineer to design an appropriate retaining wall on all 3 sides as well as moving the earth out. Looking at the pictures, it would be in excess of 50 skips, remember the bulk of earth once dug up is bigger as its not compacted. Its not impossible but you would find the cost so prohibitive that you really would not do it. You may also need to get planning approval due to the proximity to neighbouring properties.

A fence would be a lot cheaper!

Our garden is similar.

We have a flower bed on the left at the top of the steps, two metres deep, with a mix of large and small plants in it. Also, on the cliff edge of the top bed, we have black iron railings about three foot high, and rounded for safety, like an upturned U. So nobody could fall down.