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Excavation for extensions, garden levels, pools and service trenches, carried out with care around your home.
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For homeowners
Domestic groundworks in ManchesterExtensions, driveways, drainage and gardens
Groundwork for homeowners, from a family-run team that arrives when it says it will.
- Fully insured
- Free written quotes
- Family-run
- Over 20 years
Domestic groundworks
Groundwork for homeowners, done with care.
Most of our work is for homeowners, and it is the side of the business we have done longest. We dig foundations for extensions, build driveways and patios, repair drains and clear gardens across Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
We know that work at home has to fit around family life. We arrive when we say we will, keep the site safe while we are there, and leave it tidy at the end of every day.
Every job starts with a free site visit. You then receive a written, itemised quote setting out the work, the materials and the timescale, so you know the cost before anything starts.
We cover Greater Manchester and Cheshire from our yard in Gorton. See the areas we cover for travel times, or the gallery for finished work.
Domestic groundworks services
All nine services, set up for homeowners.
Not sure which you need? Tell us about the job and we will advise you.
Groundworks
Site preparation, bases, trenches and hardstandings for extensions, garages and garden buildings.
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Retaining walls
Retaining walls, structural bases and engineered groundwork for homes, built to your engineer’s design.
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Extension foundations
Foundations for extensions, garages and outbuildings, dug to the depth your inspector requires and poured once approved.
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Drainage & drain repairs
Drain repairs, new drainage, soakaways and garden drainage for homes.
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Driveways
New driveways in block paving, tarmac, resin and gravel, built on a solid base and finished to a high standard.
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Landscaping & patios
Patios, steps, retaining walls and turf, built by the same team that prepares the ground beneath them.
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Garden & site clearance
Overgrown gardens, old garages and concrete cleared and taken away.
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Digger & driver hire
A digger and an experienced driver by the day or the week, for jobs that need digging but not a full contract.
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How it works
Four steps, no surprises.
Whether it is a shed base or a whole site, you will always know what happens next and what it costs.
- 1
We visit
A free visit to see the job and the access before we price anything.
- 2
You receive a written quote
The work, the materials and the timescale in writing, at a fixed price or a day rate.
- 3
We carry out the work
Machines sized for your access, drives and lawns protected, and the spoil taken away as we go.
- 4
We leave it tidy
The site tidied at the end of every day, and any extra work agreed with you before it starts.
Areas we cover
Domestic groundworks across Greater Manchester & Cheshire.
We cover 42 towns from our yard in Gorton. Choose yours for travel times.
Stockport
Trafford & Salford
For builders, developers & site managersCommercial groundworkWe also carry out groundwork packages for builders, developers and site managers.→
A free visit, a written price
Need a price for domestic groundworks?
Free site visit, written quote, no obligation. Call us or send the details and we will come back to you.
Call 07917 678382Email markleighexcavations@outlook.com Mon–Fri 7:30am–5:30pm · Sat 7:30am–4pm