Concreters for the northern Gold Coast.

Northern suburbs we cover

New builds: the first driveway

Many homes in Coomera, Pimpama, Ormeau and Willow Vale are handed over with a bare front yard, or with just the council crossover poured. That's the right time to do the driveway, side paths and alfresco in one booking, with one set of levels.

1. Check your covenantMost estates set the front finish and colour, and many give you a deadline after handover. Send us that page.
2. Plan the levelsBuilders leave the site at rough levels. We set the falls so water runs away from the slab and towards the stormwater pits.
3. Do it in one pour where possibleDriveway, side paths and alfresco in the same finish look consistent, and one mobilisation costs less than three.
4. Leave room for the tradesFencing, landscaping and pool builders need access. We'll sequence around them.

Established blocks: replace and upgrade

Helensvale, Oxenford, Pacific Pines and Arundel have plenty of 1990s and 2000s homes with cracked or tired plain driveways. Most owners replace them with exposed aggregate. Older driveways are broken out, the base is re-compacted and the new slab is set to the garage and footpath levels. Where the old concrete is sound, resealing can be the cheaper fix.

Canal and waterfront homes

Hope Island, Paradise Point, Hollywell and Runaway Bay mean pool surrounds, honed coping and floating steps to the water. It's the same work we do every week in Bundall and Surfers Paradise. See the finish guide for honed, covercrete and exposed aggregate side by side.