This new project in Shenfield is under way, the Oakleigh team have been making a start with the 1st phase of the rear garden works. We have cleared the large overgrown rear garden of all unwanted vegetation, the old lawn and planting areas have been left to their own devices for a couple of years […]
This new front garden and driveway design & build scheme is really taking shape. The driveway surface is being laid today after a 2 week delay of constant daily rain we have at last got some sunshine. Rain is forecast tomorrow so the team will have their hands full getting the entire 175m2 laid today. […]
The large sandstone terrace is now grouted and ready for sealing from the elements. The cast stone ballastrade arrives next week, our teams will be forming this during weeks 6 & 7 leaving the planting scheme and lighting system to be completed in week 8. The design team are hard at work on the planting […]
This new front garden and driveway project neighbours another Oakleigh Manor scheme completed in 2009. Here we have re-designed the front garden to form a new beautiful low maintenance scheme for our busy clients. The new design is based around a new porous Resin Bound Gravel driveway, Sandstone flagged link paths to the rear, new […]
The lower end of the garden is now complete and we are working our way up, here we have cut and filled to form a new mini football pitch. The earthworks and soil preparation are in full flow and the first of the turf is being laid today. For once this year…we want rain!
We captured this image on Friday 1st June 2012, just 2 years after planting this bed the scheme is showing the delights of its spring surprises.
Week 3 – The Natural Sandstone flags are starting to for the new terrace area, here you can see we have designed the flag pattern to be laid with a 30cm wide picture frame and 60cm wide random linear infill, running perpendicular from the house. Next week we hope to complete the flag laying within […]
Cuffley front garden & driveway scheme is complete. After several weeks waiting for the April/May rain showers to pass, we finally had the weather window to surface the driveway and fit the automated gate system. Keep an eye on our Design & Build Project Gallery, as we will feature this example of a modern design […]
A new 380m2 Natural Sandstone terrace is going to keep this team busy for the next 6 weeks, then 66m of cast stone balustrade will be fitted around the outer edge. This end of the terrace is being excavated today down to formation level, the sand based subsoil will be used to fill the other […]
The gates and pier caps were fitted this week to complete the hardware on this entrance configuration. The piers really look good with the weatherstuck pointing and cast stone detailed pier caps. The automation system communicates with the house via a video phone, keypad coded access, remote control fobs and a vehicle detection loop on […]
