R A Groundworks & Utilities Ltd is a Cornwall-based groundworks & landscaping outfit run by Robert Astin. All aspects of groundworks, drainage and foundations, plus extensions, porches, patios, driveways, resin and fencing across Cornwall and Devon.
Site clearance, dig-outs, foundations, retaining walls, soakaways, surface and foul drainage. Done to spec, signed off, ready for the trades behind us.
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Indian sandstone, porcelain slabs, outdoor kitchens and bespoke garden builds. Laid properly on the right sub-base, jointed, sealed and finished to the last edge.
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New driveways, resin-bound surfaces, driveway refurbs and fencing. Tidy edges, level falls, drained properly so it lasts past the first winter.
Read more →A full back-garden transformation on a new-build plot. We dug out and levelled the site, laid the drainage runs, built the block retaining walls and steps, then finished it with a porcelain patio, raised planters, new fencing and a striped artificial lawn.
R A Groundworks & Utilities Ltd is a small, family-run outfit based in Treviscoe, St Austell. Run by Robert Astin, we cover the whole of Cornwall and most of Devon, taking on everything from a back-garden patio to full foundations and drainage on a new build.
We turn up when we say, work clean, and finish what we start. No subbing the job out, no surprise bills, no leaving site untidy on the way out. The same lads you meet on day one are finishing the last edge.
Same person quoting, same person on the digger, same person at handover. R A Groundworks was set up by Robert Astin to do one thing properly: groundworks and landscaping across Cornwall and Devon, with no middlemen, no surprises and no subcontracting.
"My name's above the door, so my standard is on every job. If I wouldn't lay it in my own garden, it's not going down in yours. Sub-base done properly, falls right, edges sharp, site left tidy. That's it."
"Robert and the lads did our rear patio in St Austell. Indian sandstone, retaining wall, the lot. Quoted fair, turned up when he said, finished a day early. Sub-base was done properly, no movement after a wet winter. Honestly the best tradesman we've had in 15 years here."
"We had a serious drainage problem at our place outside Truro and three firms wouldn't touch it. Robert came out the next morning, talked us through the soakaway design and had the lot dug, piped and reinstated inside a week. Tidy site every evening. Total professional."
"Resin-bound driveway done in Newquay. Took it from a cracked tarmac mess to a finish you can hear is solid under your feet. Edges sharp, falls right, drains away properly. Robert quoted a fair price, no extras tacked on. Would have him back in a heartbeat."
"Foundations and slab for our new garden room in Bodmin. Robert came in with the right kit, dug it level, set the formwork and poured the slab in two days. Builders behind him said it was the squarest slab they'd had to work off all year. Top job."
"Driveway refurb at our place in Plymouth. Lifted the old block paving, fixed a settling subbase, relaid in herringbone with a tidy charcoal border. Site left immaculate every night. Robert is what you want a tradesman to be: turns up, gets on with it, finishes properly."
"Full back-garden landscape in Wadebridge. Strip out the old lawn, levels, retaining walls, porcelain patio, new fence. Robert took it from drawings to finished in three weeks. The finish on the patio is something else, looks like it cost twice what we paid."
Drawings, a phone sketch, or just a postcode. Robert will come back to you within 24 hours with the next steps and a no-obligation price.
Quick form, direct line, or socials. We answer the form within one working day and the phone whenever it rings.
