How It Works

Nobody who runs this website does retaining wall work themselves.

1. Describe the job

The form asks for a name, a phone number, your suburb and a few lines on what you want. Say whether the wall is new or a replacement, how long it will be, how high the ground needs to be held and what sits above it, such as a driveway, a fence, a shed or a house.

2. Businesses decide whether to reply

Each chooses for itself whether to reply. Its prices, licences, insurance and workmanship are its own business. We promise neither that someone will be free in your suburb nor that anyone will answer by a certain time.

3. You compare and choose

You owe nothing for sending the form, and you may talk to one business, several or none. Use the guides to ask for licence details, if the work needs a licence, a written scope, the exclusions and how payments are staged.

Where your details go

They go to businesses that may quote on your job. The privacy page lists what is collected and how to ask for removal.

Measure before you ask

Measure the length of the wall line and the difference in ground level from top to bottom, and note how far the line sits from the boundary and from any building.

Photos and notes

Photograph the slope from above and below, the access to the site, any existing wall and the neighbouring fence line. Note where stormwater runs and whether any pipes or cables cross the area.

After you choose

The contract is between you and the business. Check its details with Access Canberra, read the contract before signing and ask for any product protection in writing. We are not a party to it.

Before you say yes

Ask who arranges any approval, who designs the wall, who handles the drainage and under which licence, and whether the price includes digging out and removing the soil.

If nobody replies

Some suburbs have few businesses available and a specialist may be booked out. If nobody replies, add more detail and try again, or widen the kind of work you will consider. We cannot make a business respond, and we do not promise that any will.

Keeping your own records

Save every message, quote, photo and receipt in one folder. A clear paper trail is the local protection if you and a business later disagree about what was agreed, and it takes only a few minutes each week.