What we finished this summer

Dates, districts, areas and the figure that went on the invoice. Come and see any of them — we will ask the owner first.
What we finished this summer
Dates, villages, areas and the figure that went on the invoice.
Prices include VAT, materials and labour. Owners consented to the village name only.
FinishedJobWhereAreaInvoiced
AugBuff limestone patio, two stepsBurneside46m²£8,240
AugGranite drive, 250mm sub-baseKendal92m²£19,600
JulPorphyry setts, courtyardStaveley28m²£6,180
JulSlate path and dry stone retaining wallWindermere34m²£11,450
JunPorcelain terrace and stepsBowness58m²£9,880
JunSelf-binding gravel drive, geogridGrayrigg140m²£7,320
How it ages

Nobody photographs a patio after four winters

Every paving website shows you the afternoon it was finished. This is the same buff limestone at three ages, which is the thing you are actually buying.
Laid
Sharp, even, and slightly darker than the sample — every stone is wet from cutting.
Five winters
Lightened by about a shade, joints settled, and the first lichen on the north edge.
Fifteen winters
Fully weathered and, on limestone and slate, better than the day it went down.
What those customers said

Reviews from the people we've worked with.

Gill M.
Limestone patio, Burneside

“They were the only ones of four who told me what was going under it. Two of the others would not even put the depth in writing when I asked.”

Andrew P.
Granite drive, Kendal

“Three winters on and it has not moved a millimetre. The drive it replaced was four years old and had sunk at the gate.”

Rhona D.
Setts and walling, Staveley

“I went to the yard and stood on the samples in the rain, which is the only sensible way to choose. Nobody else offered that.”

Materials take-offExample · 40m² patio

A written quotation with the depths in it

Measured on site, priced by the square metre, and itemised down to the sub-base depth so you can put it next to anybody else’s and compare like with like.
Buff limestone, 22mm
40m² · £2,160
Type 1 sub-base, 150mm
9 tonnes · £486
Laying, jointing, disposal
£3,240
Total, inc. VAT
£7,062
Priced from a site measureNorthstone Paving · Kendal · Checkatrade 8814402