Sunninghill · SL5 · Berkshire
Patios & Decking in Sunninghill.
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Patios & Decking
Sunninghill, SL5
Porcelain Paving
£90–£150 /m²
Large format, full-bed adhesive system
Sunninghill
Patios & Decking in Sunninghill, Berkshire
What changes here.
Sunninghill's garden stock splits along the same line as its housing. The Victorian and Edwardian properties around the High Street and North Ascot end of the village generally want a patio that reads as old as the house — Indian sandstone or a traditional bedding system rather than anything that looks dropped in from a show home. The newer plots, on developments such as Sunninghill Square, are smaller and more regularly shaped, and porcelain or a composite deck usually makes better use of a garden that has less room to hide a poor design decision in.
Patios & Decking ground conditions in Sunninghill
The village's compact plots change how a patio gets built as much as what it is built from. On the older High Street properties the garden is often long and narrow behind the house, so materials come in through a side access rather than over the lawn, and the base build-up is planned around what a wheelbarrow route can carry rather than what a dumper truck could. The newer, smaller gardens on recent developments have less room for a large base delivery to sit, so we schedule deliveries to land and get used within a day or two instead of stockpiling material on a lawn that has nowhere to put it.
Planning and permissions in Sunninghill
A ground-level patio inside the garden boundary is permitted development for the great majority of Sunninghill properties, and nothing about sharing the SL5 postcode with Ascot changes that test. What does change it, on a small number of older High Street plots, is a tree preservation order on a mature specimen close to where the patio wants to sit — common enough in the village's older gardens that we check for one at every survey rather than only where a tree is obviously in the way.
Pricing guide
Patios & Decking costs in Sunninghill.
Ranges, not quotes. Access, levels, drainage and ground conditions move these numbers in both directions, and only the survey settles it. We publish them so you can sanity-check anyone else's figure before you agree to it.
| Material / option | Typical cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Porcelain Paving | £90–£150 /m² | Large format, full-bed adhesive system |
| Indian Sandstone | £70–£120 /m² | Calibrated, multiple colour options |
| Composite Decking | £150–£250 /m² | Millboard or Trex, low maintenance |
| Typical patio (40m²) | £3,500–£7,000 | Includes groundworks and edging |
Scope of works
Patios & Decking — what's included
- Large-format porcelain paving (600mm × 600mm and above)
- Indian sandstone in buff, silver, raj green & more
- Limestone, travertine, and slate options
- Composite decking boards, no annual re-oiling
- Hardwood timber decking: Ipe, Balau & Garapa
- Built-in seating, raised planters, and feature walls
- Groundworks for outdoor kitchens and BBQ areas
- Steps, balustrades, and multi-level transitions
Patios & Decking in Sunninghill FAQs
In Sunninghill, specifically.
Porcelain or a composite deck, most often. The newer plots on developments like Sunninghill Square tend to be smaller and more regularly proportioned than the older High Street gardens, and a consistent large-format surface makes a compact space read bigger rather than busier. We bring samples to the survey so you see the actual finish against your own render and fencing rather than a showroom board.
Usually through a side access rather than over the lawn — most of the older properties along the High Street have a long, narrow plot behind them, and we plan the material route and the base build-up around that at survey rather than discovering the access is too tight once a pallet has already been delivered.
With a traditional bedding system and a stone that weathers rather than stays new-looking — calibrated Indian sandstone is the usual choice on the Victorian and Edwardian homes around the High Street and North Ascot end of the village. We bring samples so you can see the tone against your own brick before committing, because a stone that looks right in a catalogue can still read as the wrong shade against a specific wall.
It limits the delivery and storage of material more than the design itself. On the tighter plots near newer developments we schedule deliveries in stages so slabs and bedding sand are used within a day or two rather than stockpiled on what little lawn there is, and we plan the crew's working area at survey so the rest of a small garden stays usable while the job is on.
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