North Somerset, BS25
Landscaping and property maintenance in Winscombe
Tom lives and works in Winscombe, so this is the one village where the van is already here.
Where Tom is based
The ground in Winscombe
Winscombe sits in the gap between Wavering Down and Banwell Hill, which is why so many gardens here run uphill away from the house. A sloping plot is not a problem to be flattened, it is a plot that needs its levels held. That usually means a wall or a set of steps before anything decorative goes in.
The village mixes older stone cottages along the Sandford road with post war and modern houses spread up the slopes. The stone ones want lime friendly repointing and matched stone. The newer ones usually want the garden finishing properly, because the developer left it as a lawn and a fence.
Being local matters more than it sounds. A short job is worth doing when there is no travel on it, so the small ones, a gate rehung, a patio repointed, a hedge brought back square, are worth asking about here.
What Tom is most often asked for in Winscombe
All seven services are available across the whole coverage area. These are ordered by what the ground and the buildings in Winscombe tend to need.
- LandscapingWhole gardens designed and built, from clearance and levelling through to planting, turfing and clipped hedging.
- Retaining wallsRailway sleeper and dry stone retaining walls that hold a slope properly, with steps built into them.
- House maintenanceThe list of jobs a property builds up. Fencing, gates, roofs on outbuildings, sheds, repairs and the odd thing nobody else will take on.
- PatiosIndian sandstone, slate and reclaimed stone laid on a proper base, with the falls set so water leaves the house.
Recent work
The kind of thing this looks like
Photographs of Tom's own work. Not necessarily taken in Winscombe, they are jobs from across North Somerset and the Mendip villages, chosen here because they show the work this page is about.
Dry stone terracing with steps and a slab bridge 
Box parterre clipped and beds replanted 
Close board fencing and a new gate
Nearby
Tom covers these too, and the villages in between them.