Natural Stone Patios
Granite, sandstone, limestone and porcelain, sourced direct from our suppliers. Laid to fall, on a full bed, with the tones set out before they are fixed.
Kevin runs Ideal Landscapes with his wife from Wickford. The man who quotes your driveway or patio is the man who turns up to build it, with his own team.
"no remote managers, no call centres, and no unknown subcontractors" Ideal Landscapes (Essex) Ltd
That line is the whole business. Ideal Landscapes is a family firm, run by Kevin and his wife from Henley Lodge in Wickford, registered at Companies House since February 2020. You will not be passed to a call centre, and the people on your drive will not be a crew nobody at the company has met before.
It shows up in the reviews. Matthew Gillham had us lay a resin drive and parking area, then landscape both his garden and his neighbour's. Sam Holland started with a driveway and kept adding jobs. People do not do that unless they are comfortable having you there.
We are landscape design specialists rather than a paving gang, which means the levels, the falls, the borders and the planting are worked out on paper before a spade goes in the ground.
Granite, sandstone, limestone and porcelain, sourced direct from our suppliers. Laid to fall, on a full bed, with the tones set out before they are fixed.
Herringbone and stretcher bond with a contrasting border, edges haunched in concrete so the pattern holds its line rather than creeping outwards.
A seamless, smooth surface trowelled over a solid base. Clean edges up to the garage and the kerb, and no loose stone travelling into the house.
Laid and rolled by our own crew, on a base that has been dug out and compacted first. We are a Ronacrete approved contractor and lay Tarmac and CRH products.
Large format porcelain for a flat, calm, low maintenance surface, with a gravel margin at the fence line so water has somewhere to go.
Gravel drives, granite setts, curved retaining walls, steps, planters and fences made from a variety of materials. The whole garden, by one firm.
Every photograph on this page is a garden or a driveway we built across East London and Essex. No stock images.
Anyone can show you a nice patio. These are the things you can check for yourself before you let a firm dig up the front of your house.
Ronacrete approved contractor for resin bound surfacing systems.
We lay products from Brett, Marshalls and Tarmac, alongside the natural stone we buy direct from our own suppliers.
A driveway fails from the bottom up. Almost every cracked, dipped, weed-split drive in Essex failed because somebody saved a day on the excavation.
Kevin comes out, measures up and works out the levels, the falls and the borders before you are given a price, so the quote is for the job you will actually get.
Excavated properly and the spoil taken away, not raked to one side and buried under your new surface where it will settle for the next two winters.
Stone laid and whacked down in layers rather than one deep dump, because a base that has not been compacted through its full depth is a base that moves.
Edge restraints haunched in concrete and the surface water given somewhere to go, before a single block, slab or tonne of tarmac is laid.
Stone sorted for tone, paving jointed, site swept and cleared, and we walk it with you before the van is loaded up.
On materials and on workmanship, both. Not a handshake and a promise to come back if anything goes wrong.
Full public liability insurance, on every job, whether it is a small patio or a full front and rear garden.
We come out, look at it, and give you a price with no charge and no pressure. Karl Turvey's review says it plainly: a fair quote, and then the work.
"Kevin and his team laid a resin drive and parking area plus landscaped both mine and my neighbour's gardens. Their work was first class and professional and l would highly recommend them."
Matthew GillhamGoogle review"Very reliable, listened and adapted throughout the process, very good quality work. We started with a driveway and kept adding jobs."
Sam HollandGoogle review"Ideal Landscapes recently laid a large patio in my garden, and they were able to exceed my expectations on service and quality of work as a customer."
Paul AlsemgeestGoogle review"So pleased with our patio! The boys did an amazing job!! Kept us informed every step of the way and a competitive price."
Smith RobertGoogle review"Kevin visited and was very personable, he sent a fair quote and we agreed the work."
Karl TurveyGoogle reviewClose enough to come back if you ever need us, which is not something you can say about a firm that drove in from three counties away.
Kevin will come out, look at the space, talk through the stone and the layout, and give you a written price. No charge, no obligation, and no salesman.