Patios for homes in Farnsfield
A patio is where the garden actually gets used, so it is worth getting the size and position right before a single slab goes down. We look at where the sun sits through the day, how the space runs off the back door, and whether you want one large area or a couple of smaller ones linked by paths and steps. Then we build it properly — excavated, a compacted base, laid on a full mortar bed rather than dabs, with the falls set so surface water runs away from the house rather than sitting in the middle of the slabs. Sandstone, porcelain, and matching steps, paths and edging so the whole thing reads as one piece of work.
Working in Farnsfield
Farnsfield is a sizeable village in the countryside between Mansfield and Southwell, and its character is noticeably more rural than the former mining settlements to the north and west. There is an older core of brick and pantile cottages and period properties around the church, with substantial later private housing added around it — much of it detached, on larger plots with mature gardens. Larger plots change the nature of the work: driveways here are often longer approaches with turning areas rather than short frontages, and rear gardens are big enough to warrant a proper layout with distinct areas, paths connecting them and planting borders framing the whole thing. Established trees and hedging are common and worth protecting through excavation rather than working around afterward.
What's included
- Positioned around sun, access and how you use the space
- Laid on a full mortar bed, not spot dabs
- Falls set to run water away from the property
- Matching steps, paths and edging