Driveway and patio cleaning in Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge sits over the border in Hampshire, at the top of the Avon valley on the north edge of the New Forest. I'm based in Kinson, near Bournemouth, so this is the furthest out I travel. It's a fair way from my home patch, but Fordingbridge is still within reach and I head up the Avon valley this way. If you're in the town or one of the villages around it, I cover you.

I clean across Fordingbridge and the surrounding SP6 area, including Burgate, Sandleheath, Godshill, Stuckton, Frogham, Alderholt and Damerham, as well as around the High Street and the old market square. If you're not sure I reach your road, send me your postcode and I'll tell you straight.

Fordingbridge is a different sort of job to a suburban estate, and that's what I like about it. A lot of the work up here is long rural and farm approach drives, gravel and stone tracks, render, and older period and listed cottages. The Avon runs right through the valley so the air holds the damp, and the Forest canopy on the doorstep keeps everything shaded. North-facing roofs, render and drives that never get the sun to dry out go green fast, so a good part of the work here is moss and algae, not just a tired drive.

That mix is exactly why the method matters more than the machine. I match the pressure to the surface every time, and that decision is made before I get to the job off the photos you send. Render, soft stone, old block paving and roof tiles get a soft wash, not a blast, because high pressure on a delicate surface does more harm than good. If a surface looks like the pressure could damage it, I'll soft wash it or tell you straight rather than risk it. I'd rather decline a job than wreck someone's render or a listed cottage wall.

Long gravel and stone drives I'll handle too. They take a different approach to a block drive, but I work out the right method and the drainage before I start so we don't end up with puddles or sand washing about everywhere. I weigh that up first, then crack on.

My pricing is the same here as anywhere, no matter how far out you are: £3.50/m² to clean, £2/m² to re-sand block paving joints, and £3/m² if you want a drive sealed after. No vague from-prices. Send me a photo and your rough m² and I'll work out the exact figure before I come out. You only pay once the job's done.

To stop it all coming back green, I treat the surface after the clean, and that comes with a weed-free guarantee for 6 to 12 months. Up here near the Forest the moss does try to return, so that finishing treatment matters more than it does most places. I'm fully insured with £1 million public liability, I treat every property as if it were my own, and I leave little to no mess.