Patios for homes in Ripley
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 Ripley
Ripley is a former mining town in the Amber Valley, and its housing stock reflects that history directly — rows of solid brick terraces built for colliery workers, a substantial band of council-built and ex-council semis with generous plots, and newer private estates filling in around the edges. The ex-council properties in particular are worth mentioning, because they typically come with wide frontages and long rear gardens that offer far more scope than the house price suggests: there is usually room for a proper driveway with turning space at the front and a genuine landscaping scheme at the back. The town sits on undulating ground rising toward the Derbyshire hills, so sloping rear gardens needing retaining walls, steps and terracing are common rather than exceptional 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