Patios for homes in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Kirkby-in-Ashfield sits between Mansfield and Nottingham, another Ashfield town shaped by the coalfield and now largely suburban in character. The housing stock is dominated by inter-war and post-war semis and ex-local-authority properties with the generous plots that came with them, plus newer private estates continuing to fill in around the town. Those older estate properties are consistently the ones with the most untapped potential outdoors: wide frontages that can take a proper driveway with turning space, and long rear gardens with room for a patio, a defined grass area and planting borders rather than a single undivided lawn. The ground rises and falls across the town, so low retaining walls and steps feature regularly in rear garden schemes here.
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