The craft
Set once, set properly
Paving and stonework live under a Canterbury winter as much as a summer barbecue, so the base work gets the same care as the finish. We compact and grade before a single stone goes down, set falls so water moves away from the house, and edge every bed and path so lines stay clean instead of creeping into the lawn. Turf goes down on properly prepared ground so it roots in and holds, not just green for the first month.