Patios for homes in Ollerton
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 Ollerton
Ollerton is two distinct places sharing a name. Old Ollerton is a small historic village on the River Maun with period cottages, mature trees and traditional boundaries, where natural stone paving and sympathetic walling sit far better than anything sharply modern. New Ollerton, built for the colliery, is planned housing on a much larger scale — regular streets of brick semis and terraces with the generous front and rear gardens typical of purpose-built pit housing. The two need genuinely different design approaches. The town sits on the edge of Sherwood Forest on sandy, free-draining ground, which is generally favourable for building driveway and patio bases, though it still needs compacting properly rather than being treated as a sub-base in its own right.
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