Mini excavator preparing ground in a back garden

A small crew that does the whole job.

The people who survey your drive are the people who dig it out, lay it and sweep up afterwards.

Started with one van and a plate compactor.

Ashby Lane began as a two-person paving crew in St Albans. We still keep the business small on purpose, so every drive gets the same attention to the base as the first one did.

We don't subcontract the groundwork. The crew that quotes your job is the crew that turns up on day one, and you will have the foreman's mobile number before we start.

Worker in hi-vis pouring concrete from a chute

What you can hold us to.

The same crew, start to finish

No hand-offs to strangers halfway through the job.

Nothing paid up front

Materials on delivery, the balance once you're happy with the finished drive.

A tidy site every evening

Tools away, path swept, and safe access to your front door.

A written guarantee

Ten years on workmanship, in writing, with every drive we lay.

Insured and accredited.

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Book your free site survey.

We'll measure up, talk through surfaces and leave you with a fixed written quote. There's no obligation and nothing to pay up front.