Driveway restoration in Clifton — black-spotted block paving brought back into shape

We arrived at 08:00 to a three-bay block-paved drive carrying black spot, joint loss, and a dark traffic lane through the centre. The owner had photographers booked the following week and wanted the frontage looking sale-ready without any guesswork on price or scope.

The biggest concern was not only the staining. It was whether the paving would be left patchy after cleaning, or worse, cleaned and then abandoned without fresh kiln-dried sand in the joints.

We pre-treated the surface, rotary-cleaned the full drive, rinsed the edges by lance where needed, and kept the wash pattern tight so the paving came up evenly rather than in stripes. Once the blocks had dried back, we brushed in kiln-dried sand across the full area and tidied the thresholds before taking handover photos.

The whole visit ran to just under six hours on site and the customer had the finished image set and invoice before the end of the afternoon.

The written price was £285 for the full clean, re-sanding, and photo handover. That included the front approach, turning area, and the narrow path to the side gate.

The quote stayed fixed because the photos matched the site and access was straightforward on the day.

The drive read lighter from the road, the joint lines were visible again, and the entrance stopped feeling like the one tired part of an otherwise well-presented house. The seller had clean image proof for the listing and did not need a return visit before the photoshoot.