Driveways for homes in Staveley
A driveway is the first thing anyone sees when they pull up outside your house, and it takes more punishment than any other surface on the property. We design and lay driveways from the ground up — lifting the old surface, excavating to the right depth, getting the sub-base and drainage right, then finishing in the material that suits the property. Resin, block paving, or a combination with a contrasting border, edging and a proper threshold. The finish is the part you see; the preparation underneath is the part that decides whether it still looks right in ten years, and it is where we spend the time.
Working in Staveley
Staveley is a former industrial and mining town north-east of Chesterfield, sitting in the Rother valley, and its housing is largely brick terracing and ex-council semis built for the works and the collieries, with newer estate development added around the edges. As with a lot of the north Derbyshire coalfield towns, the older housing frequently comes with a wider plot and a longer rear garden than the property itself suggests, so there is real scope for a driveway with proper turning space and a rear garden scheme with distinct zones. Ground conditions across former industrial land can be inconsistent, which is exactly why we excavate and assess the sub-base properly rather than laying a new surface straight over whatever happens to be there.
What's included
- Full excavation and sub-base preparation
- Drainage set out before the surface goes down
- Resin, block paving and combined finishes
- Edgings, borders and thresholds finished neatly