12 Mar 2026
What a patio actually costs
A 40m² sandstone terrace, broken down line by line: excavation, muck away, sub-base, laying, pointing, and the two things that quietly double a quote.
What we've been digging up.
The blog is the part most trades sites never use. It's also what Google reads — one honest post a month beats a thousand keywords.
28 Feb 2026
Five plants that survive a north-facing garden
Shade isn't a problem, it's a palette. The five we plant again and again — and the one everyone asks for that always sulks.
03 Feb 2026
Why your lawn floods in February
Nine times in ten it isn't the lawn, it's what's under it. How to tell compaction from a genuine drainage fault before you spend anything.
15 Jan 2026
Reclaimed brick: worth it?
Twice the laying time, half the sourcing certainty, and the only material that makes a new wall look like it's always been there.