Driveways that don't sink.

What we do

We replace failing tarmac and cracked block paving with new driveways built from the ground up. Block paving in herringbone or stretcher bond. Granite kerb edging. Planted entrance borders where there's room. Drainage where it's needed. We don't resurface — we lift and rebuild.

How we approach it

The visible material is the easy part. What separates a drive that lasts ten years from one that fails in three is everything underneath: the depth of excavation, the type of sub-base (Type 1 MOT compacted in layers, never tipped and rolled), the bedding sand specification, the drainage design.

We programme sub-base prep over multiple days because rushing it is the most expensive mistake on the job. The block paving above only ever performs as well as the substrate beneath it.

A drive that looks finished on day one and still looks finished on year ten.

Materials

Tegula or smooth-finish concrete blocks for traditional and contemporary aspects respectively. Granite kerb setts for clean boundary lines. Planted entrance borders softening the transition between drive and garden. Where vehicle weight matters — commercial frontage, multiple cars, a horsebox — we step the bedding spec up accordingly.

In practice

The driveway portfolio is currently limited; we'd rather discuss the brief in person and walk through the specification than show stock images. Site visits across Hampshire are free.

Comparing driveway prices? Read what's actually in a hard-landscaping quote — the sub-base you can't see is where a drive is won or lost. More on that in why mortar spec matters more than the slab on top. Granite kerb edging is a framing decision too — see when to picture-frame a feature for where a contrasting border earns its place. Ground conditions decide that sub-base depth before anything else does. Soils across the Solent covers what's actually under the average Hampshire plot.