Driveways, house extensions and patios across Harrogate and Knaresborough, about 30 minutes from our base in north Leeds. Simon has 27 years in the trade, and every quote is written and itemised before work begins.
Services
Our own team carries out all seven kinds of work below, from a new driveway to a two-storey extension.
We lay block paving, Indian stone and tarmac driveways on a properly excavated and compacted base, so they stay level and drain correctly for years.
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We build single and two-storey extensions to your architect's drawings and the engineer's calculations, and manage building control on site. Where the house is stone, we build in stone.
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We lay porcelain, Indian stone and natural stone on a full-depth sub-base, with drainage planned first. The Starbeck patio on this page is large-format grey porcelain.
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We build and repair walls, piers and steps in new and reclaimed stone, coursed and pointed to match the existing building. Much of Harrogate is built in local stone.
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We supply and fit oak and timber porch canopies, and build the stone dwarf walls, steps and paving beneath them.
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We build new garden and boundary walls in stone or brick, and rebuild failing ones, on proper footings with copings bedded to shed water.
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We build decks on a braced, level frame, with steps and edges finished cleanly where they meet the patio. Composite boards are available for low maintenance.
More about decking →Not sure which of these your job is? Send a photograph and a rough idea of the size, and Simon will advise.
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Why us
We are small on purpose. The person who quotes your job is on site while it is built. There are five of us, so we take on fewer jobs and see each one through.
Stone is our specialism. Coursing, pointing and matching older stonework is the part of a job most builders rush, and it is the part we are known for.
Everything is in writing. You receive an itemised, fixed-price quote before work begins. We ask for a modest booking deposit rather than most of the money up front, we carry £5m public liability cover, and our work comes with a 10-year guarantee.
In Harrogate, the porcelain patio on this page is in Starbeck, and we photographed it from the old patio coming up to the new one going down.
Recent work
The first job is in Harrogate. The others are elsewhere in Leeds and Yorkshire, and each one is labelled with its location.
Harrogate
Large-format grey porcelain laid on levelling spacers, running down the side of the house against a treated timber edge.
Horsforth
Herringbone block paving with a contrasting edging course, laid against a new brick boundary wall built as part of the same project.
Calverley
A flat-roofed rear extension in red brick, with a wide picture window and bifold doors opening onto the garden.
Bramhope
A garden wall faced in coursed sandstone on a concrete block inner leaf, with the quoins toothed in and concrete copings bedded on top.
Sitlington
Natural stone boundary walls with copings, and stone gate piers for a pair of timber gates and a side gate, at a house south-west of Wakefield.
Halifax
Cream large-format porcelain laid the full length of the house and down the side, off new timber sleeper retaining beds, on a full-depth sub-base.
Common questions
Areas we cover
| Where | Distance from Harrogate | Planning sits with |
|---|---|---|
| Harrogate (HG1 to HG3) | Town centre | North Yorkshire Council |
| Starbeck | 2 miles | North Yorkshire Council |
| Pannal and Burn Bridge | 3 miles | North Yorkshire Council |
| Killinghall | 3 miles | North Yorkshire Council |
| Knaresborough | 4 miles | North Yorkshire Council |
| Follifoot and Spofforth | 5 miles | North Yorkshire Council |
| Wetherby | 9 miles | Leeds City Council |
| North of Ripon | 12 miles plus | Beyond our area, and we will say so |
Distances are approximate, measured from Harrogate town centre. Our base in north Leeds is about 30 minutes away.
Harrogate is about 30 minutes from our base in north Leeds, and it is a town we already work in: the patio on this page is in Starbeck. Distance does not change how we work. We visit before we quote, the quote is itemised, and the same team builds the job from start to finish.
Harrogate and Knaresborough are planned through North Yorkshire Council, which replaced Harrogate Borough Council in 2023; Wetherby, to the south, falls under Leeds City Council. Most patios need no planning permission, and garden walls and driveways usually do not either, within height and drainage limits that we check before quoting. Extensions may require it, and for those your architect's drawings come first.
Much of Harrogate is built in local stone, and the town has extensive conservation areas. That is where stonework is judged: the right stone, coursed and pointed to match the house it joins. It is the part of the work we are best known for.
We also have pages for Halifax and Wakefield, each showing the jobs we have completed there.
Tell us what you have in mind for the house, drive or garden. We reply within 24 hours, visit to look at the job, and then send a written, itemised, fixed-price quote.
Public liability £5m · written, itemised quotes · 10-year structural guarantee in writing.
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