Patios & Driveways on a rural village property in Malborough, Devon

Local patios & driveways across Malborough

By the time patios & driveways becomes obvious from the road in Malborough, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Hilltop village above Salcombe with a landmark church spire, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out.

What's actually different about Malborough

By the time patios & driveways becomes obvious from the road in Malborough, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Hilltop village above Salcombe with a landmark church spire, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out.

Granite, cob and lime-rendered cottages all need handling differently from a modern render. Most weeks we're up and down the A381 between Malborough and the next booking.

Typical problems on Malborough properties

  • Block paving turning green every winter on shaded rural village layouts
  • Slippery flagstones around the rear of the house on rural village layouts
  • Tyre rub marks at the gate end of block-paved drives on stone cottages and modern detached
  • Pattern-imprinted concrete dulled by UV and surface algae on rural village layouts
  • Garage threshold paving rocking from sand wash-out across rural village stock

How the job would run on your Malborough property

  1. 1Rotary head on block paving, fan tip on natural stone common to rural village layouts
  2. 2Kiln-dried sand brushed in twice on driveways with a heavy camber on rural village sites
  3. 3Lawn edge masked before any biocide on rural village properties with mature borders
  4. 4Cobble apron joints raked before the wash on rural village stock
  5. 5Pattern-imprinted concrete sealer re-coated in the same visit on rural village layouts

Recent jobs near Malborough

Block-paved double drive

Pre-treated for moss, rotary cleaned, re-sanded with kiln-dried sand; owner sealed it themselves the following weekend.

Indian sandstone rear patio

Softwash pre-clean and low-pressure rinse — colour came back without using a rotary head.

Sloping block-paved drive

Salt and moss combined: hot-wash, biocide and re-sand done over a single day.

FAQs we get from Malborough homeowners

Local crews, local pricing - Malborough

Working out of TQ7 keeps callouts to Malborough small — and the price stays sensible because nobody's driving an hour each way.