Building &
Landscaping

Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

The house, and the ground around it.

Building and landscaping for homes across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: patios, drives and groundworks outside; panelling, bathrooms and building work inside.

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A long gravel driveway lined with lit lampposts at dusk, leading to a red-brick house
  • Landscaping
  • Resin surfacing
  • Building works
  • Paving
  • Decking
  • Fencing
  • Tree works
  • Groundworks

500 m² Gravel drive on Aco Ground Guard, with the ground stabilised to 240 tonnes.

Schedule of works

Inside and out, from the ground up.

JMS is a Nottingham building and landscaping firm. The work runs from excavation and drainage, through the paving, fencing and decking, to the rooms inside the house.

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OutsideThe ground
  1. 01

    Paving & patios

    Patios, paths and terraces in porcelain, Indian sandstone, Blue Lias and sandstone cobbles.

    Indian sandstone terrace with a cable balustrade behind a red-brick house
  2. 02

    Driveways

    Block-paved drives with drainage channels, and gravel drives stabilised with Aco Ground Guard.

    Grey block-paved driveway with a drainage channel in front of a bungalow
  3. 03

    Resin surfacing

    Resin-bound paths and drives, including a recent 170 m² Vuba resin installation.

    A curving resin-bound path across a lawn in low sun
  4. 04

    Groundworks & drainage

    Excavation, sub-base and drainage, including 130 m of stainless steel Aco channel on one large stone concourse.

    A mini digger and lengths of drainage channel beside a freshly dug trench
  5. 05

    Fencing & retaining

    Slatted privacy screens, closeboard fencing and gates, plus oak and steel retaining walls.

    A slatted timber privacy screen above a herringbone paved seating area
  6. 06

    Decking & pergolas

    Composite and timber decking, timber pergolas and aluminium pergolas.

    A timber pergola over a porcelain patio with a bistro table

Also outside: tree works.

InsideThe house
  1. 07

    Alterations & openings

    Wall removal and new openings, including a bay window replaced with bi-folding doors to open up a kitchen and dining room.

    An open-plan kitchen and dining room with a large dining table
  2. 08

    Bathrooms

    Bathroom refits, from tiling and fittings to the finishing.

    A refitted bathroom with grey tiles, black fittings and an oak-topped vanity
  3. 09

    Panelling & fit-outs

    Wall and bedroom panelling, fireplaces and interior fit-outs.

    A fitted-out room with green panelled walls and an oak floor
  4. 10

    Garden buildings

    Bases for summer houses and garden outbuildings, and the outbuildings themselves.

    A completed garden outbuilding with bi-fold doors beside a sandstone patio and pool

Real jobs, photographed on site.

Every picture here comes from the JMS feed: taken on the job, not in a studio.

Outside

A cobbled drive between brick walls leading to a large red-brick house with a dormer roof
The cobbled drive
A sandstone terrace with a cable balustrade at the back of a red-brick house
The terrace

Sandstone cobbles and an Indian sandstone terrace

130 m²
Sandstone cobbles
60 m²
Indian sandstone
+
Cable balustrade and linear drainage
The same site before the work: bare ground, a brick wall and a wheelbarrow
Before
A resin-bound path curving past a modern building in low sunshine
170 m²Vuba resin path
A garden at dusk with a lit porcelain terrace, artificial lawn and an aluminium pergola
Porcelain, lawn and lightNeo Timber fencing, porcelain paving and an aluminium pergola.
A long stone concourse with a boulder beside it and a stainless steel drain along its edge
130 mStone concourse with stainless steel Aco drainage.

Inside

A fitted-out room with green panelled walls, a pendant light and an oak floor
Interior fit-outPanelled walls and an oak floor.
A bright open-plan kitchen and dining room with a long oak dining table
Kitchen and dining room opened upBay window removed, bi-folding doors fitted.
A refitted bathroom with grey tiling and black fittings
Bathroom refit
A completed garden outbuilding with open bi-fold doors next to a sandstone patio and pool
Garden outbuildingFinished beside a sandstone patio.

The same spot, before and after.

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Before After

What the work is made of.

A sample board of surfaces laid on recent jobs, each cropped from the site photographs.

  • Blue-grey Blue Lias paving slabs with cream veining
    Blue LiasBritish limestone, blue-grey with cream seams.
  • Warm Indian sandstone paving in mixed sizes
    Indian sandstone60 m² on one recent terrace.
  • Mixed-tone sandstone cobbles laid in rows
    Sandstone cobbles130 m² on the same project.
  • Large pale porcelain paving slabs
    PorcelainLarge-format paving, including Quorn Stone, London Stone and Paving Stones Direct.
  • Speckled resin-bound surface with a concrete edge
    Resin-boundVuba resin, 170 m² on a recent path.
  • Grey block paving laid in a stretcher pattern
    Block pavingDrives, with drainage channels where needed.
  • Loose gravel surface on a stabilised drive
    Stabilised gravelAco Ground Guard: 500 m² on one drive.
  • Grey composite decking boards with a woodgrain finish
    Composite deckingAlongside Neo Timber decking and fencing.
The JMS van in dark green and charcoal with gold lettering, parked beside a JMS roller banner
The JMS van, in green and gold.

Look out for the green van.

JMS Building & Landscaping is based in Nottingham and works across Nottinghamshire.

The jobs range from garden patios and driveways to groundworks, drainage and building work inside the house. Most of it gets photographed as it goes, which is why the Instagram feed is the best place to see what a finished job looks like.

Based in
Nottingham
Working across
Nottinghamshire
Outside
Paving, driveways, resin surfacing, groundworks, fencing, decking, tree works
Inside
Alterations, bathrooms, panelling, fit-outs, garden buildings

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