Local patios & driveways across Thurlestone

What we see on Thurlestone properties

If the patios & driveways at your Thurlestone property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Bungalows take the worst of it because there's nowhere for water to go but the wall itself. Thurlestone sits in Devon at TQ7, close enough to kingsbridge that we regularly share visits.

Coastal village facing the arched Thurlestone Rock, which shapes how patios & driveways on painted render, cob and stone and thatch, slate and concrete tile actually plays out around TQ7. Most weeks we're up and down the local lanes off A381 between Thurlestone and the next booking.

Most enquiries we take are from owners who've been thinking about it for a while and finally caught the right week for the weather. There's no doorstep pressure at any point in the process, and no fake deadline to sign a quote. If we spot something on the visit that's cheaper for you to sort a different way, we'll say so. We never sub-contract out — the crew that quotes the job is the crew that does the job. Where photographs are agreed, they can document the visible condition of the surface and the completed work. The single biggest cause of re-growth is skipping the biocide dwell, and we don't skip it. If the weather doesn't play ball on the day, we ring you before we set off, not after. Sub-zero mornings we wait until 10am to start softwash — the biocide simply doesn't work well below freezing. Windows include the frames, the sills, the trickle vents and the cill drain holes, always. Every job sheet lists the crew, the start time, the finish time and the litres of water used. We priority-book care-home and rental customers because their timelines are usually tightest. Small drone footage is available on request for high-level roof inspections without ladder time. For solar-panel arrays the panel owner's approach method takes precedence over ours, always. Traffic-film patches on driveways get a hot detergent pre-wash before any surface cleaner touches them. The office answers between eight and seven six days a week — we don't hide behind an inbox.

Materials & methods we'd use here

Most Thurlestone properties we treat have painted render, cob and stone walls and a thatch, slate and concrete tile roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.

• Method

  Selective biocide pre-treat to kill moss at the root - extra important on very-exposed coastal village sites - noted on thatched cottages stock - the sort of clean that pays for itself in kerb appeal.

• Method

  Rotary surface cleaner for stripe-free finish on block paving common across thatched cottages and 1930s villas - noted at very exposed exposure - handled with the same rig we use for coastal properties.

• Method

  Fan-tip cold rinse on Indian sandstone with the pressure dialled for Thurlestone - noted in the South Hams District Council patch - and it's why we default to the softer end of the pressure range.

• Method

  Optional breathable acrylic sealer - lasts longer at Thurlestone's very-exposed exposure - noted 20 miles from PL3 - a job with a proper written scope, no verbal add-ons.

Where it usually starts in Thurlestone

• Block paving turning green every winter on shaded coastal village layouts - 20 miles from PL3 - a call we take a lot after autumn leaf-fall.
• Indian sandstone losing colour under a thin algae film at Thurlestone's very-exposed - at roughly 50.258,-3.858 - a booking pattern we've settled into over five seasons.
• Sunken joint sand making blocks rock under the car on driveways near local lanes off A381 - on painted render, cob and stone - the sort of thing owners notice from the road first.
• Pattern-imprinted concrete dulled by UV and surface algae on coastal village layouts - across thatch, slate and concrete tile - the reason we send photos on completion rather than invoice cold.
• Garage threshold paving rocking from sand wash-out across coastal village stock - on thatched cottages stock - the sort of clean that pays for itself in kerb appeal.

Nearby areas we also cover

Things Thurlestone customers ask us first