turfing over a filled in pond

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Hi can anyone advise on the sequence of events needed to turf 18 sq meters that include a pond that has been filled with crushed concrete.

The area is about 1 foot deep. I have been advised to get topsoil but it may sink? is this true? I should just cover with this over area and see what happens? Also i want stepping stones within new turf to side access garage. when i put down topsoil do i lay stones before turfing? or lay stones on top of turf or cut turf around stones laid on topsoil?

calulated online that i will need 6 cubic metres delivered! found a firm that will dump this in two loads to allow time for me and DH to shovel it over the low fence at the back and into garden (will be dumped in back alley). How long will it take to shovel all that? Am I mad. Just moved home and trying to cut costs wherever possible really. Don't want to pay a gardener to shovel which is unskilled work that we can do

or does this all just sound wrong?

When we moved in we dug out a pond from our garden, we filled the hole with bricks and rubble, any old junk really!! then we just put garden soil over, left it for a while to settle, it did not sink anyway and then we raked and grass seeded it. It looks fine. The area was approximately 9 square metres.

I think that if you can find a good odd job firm/ rubbish removal firm to pay them to do the shovelling would possibly more appropriate than a qualified gardener, who will charge probably double the value of your home!! we used these guys when we were just too tired to face any more hard labour.
They charge a lot less.

Soil, turf, cut turf, insert stepping stones slightly lower than turf level - so says dh sitting next to me regarding the stepping stones. scrape excess topsoil away before placing stepping stone in place.

In five years you will probably feel really proud of all of it - honestly!! better to do it yourself than get someone else in. You will develop loads of skills through having to DIY like we did. GOOD LUCK!!!