Concreting in Somerville

Orchards to estates

Somerville was once known for apple orchards. Today it has a busy town centre, new estates and surrounding rural land.

New homes

Driveways, crossovers, paths and alfresco areas for new estates.

Rural properties

Long driveways, sheds and stables on surrounding acreage.

Council

Somerville is in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

From orchards to a busy town

Somerville's history is tied to apple orchards, and the town still has a country feel despite steady growth. The main street has shops and services, the railway runs through on the Stony Point line, and newer estates have expanded the town in recent years. Around it, farms and lifestyle properties fill the countryside.

New estate frontages

Families in Somerville's newer estates need driveways, crossovers, paths, side access and alfresco slabs. Some estates have design guidelines, which we check before quoting.

Established homes

Older homes near the town centre often have driveways and paths that are cracked or narrow. We replace them and add patios, paths and side access as needed.

Rural properties

On acreage around Somerville, long driveways, machinery sheds, stables and tank pads are typical. We plan staged driveways and slabs designed for heavy vehicles.

Ground and drainage

Soils vary from sandy loams to clay. Low-lying areas can hold water in winter, so we include drains where needed.

Council

Somerville is in Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Finishes

Exposed aggregate is popular on new homes; plain and coloured concrete suit rural and practical areas.

Small jobs

We also do paths, pads, steps and small repairs.

Getting a quote

We visit, test the ground and quote in writing.

Distance and scheduling

Somerville is a short drive from our Langwarrin base, so we can schedule site visits and pours efficiently and be on site early on hot days.

A typical Somerville job

A typical Somerville job for a new home is a full frontage in exposed aggregate with a border, a side path and an alfresco slab. On older homes in town, it is often a driveway replacement with a new crossover. Around the orchards and farms, sheds and long driveways are most common.

Old orchard ground

Former orchard land can hide old irrigation pipes, posts and roots. We dig them out before building the base.

Ask us anything

If you are unsure what your Somerville block needs, ring and we can talk it through before a visit.

How we build driveways and slabs in Somerville

Sand, clay and councils around Langwarrin

Langwarrin sits on the edge of the sand belt that runs from Cranbourne through to the Frankston hinterland. On many blocks the top metre is grey or yellow sand that drains in minutes after rain but slumps and scours if it is left uncompacted. Elsewhere, especially toward the creeks and the eastern side, there is sticky clay that holds water for weeks, and some properties have sand sitting on a clay pan that traps water right where a slab sits. We open a test hole on each job, remove anything loose or soft, build a crushed rock base that suits the layers we find, and set falls so water leaves the concrete quickly.

Inside your boundary, most driveways and patios need no permit. Crossovers over the nature strip and kerb always do. Langwarrin, Langwarrin South, Frankston, Carrum Downs and Skye fall under Frankston City Council; Cranbourne and Cranbourne South under the City of Casey; and Pearcedale, Baxter and Somerville under Mornington Peninsula Shire. House slabs, big sheds and some green-wedge works need a building surveyor and engineering. Whatever applies to your property is written into the quote.

How a Langwarrin Concreters quote is laid out

Each Langwarrin quote is itemised line by line, so nothing is lumped together. Expect separate lines for the measured area, removing and dumping any existing slab, pavers or gravel, digging depth, the crushed rock base and how thick it is compacted, slab depth and reinforcement, the finish or stone blend, the joint layout, pits, grates and stormwater pipe, edging, any steps, sealing, and council permits for the crossover. Pump hire, long barrow runs across acreage, or temporary protection for a neighbour's drive appear as their own items.

No square-metre rate is published on this site, deliberately. Around Langwarrin, two jobs of identical size can differ enormously underground: loose sand on one block, a clay pan on the next, buried rubble from an old house on a third. An online rate would mislead more people than it helped. Once we have seen and tested your site, the number we give you reflects your actual job.