Trusted Groundworks and Hard Landscaping in St Ives
Groundworks in St Ives means granite cottages, cobbled lanes and a conservation area that rewards careful work. In St Ives we lay patios, rebuild courtyards, renew old drainage and prepare the ground for outbuildings and garden rooms, with deliveries, machine size and timing settled at the site visit, before anything is ordered.
CHAS accredited
Constructionline Gold memberOur own fleet, 14 tonnes down to 2Free written quotes Groundworks Across St Ives, From Downalong to the Stennack
St Ives was laid out long before anyone thought about delivery lorries. Around the harbour and Smeaton's Pier, the old fishing quarter of Downalong is a knot of cobbled lanes such as the Digey, many too tight for a car, let alone a tipper. Up the hill, Barnoon and the streets above Porthmeor Beach are steep, and in season Fore Street is shoulder to shoulder with visitors.
So in St Ives the job is planned around access before anything else. Material comes in measured loads, spoil leaves on the same trips, and small plant does the digging where nothing larger fits. Much of the old town lies within the St Ives Conservation Area, and many of its granite buildings are listed, so materials and finishes are chosen with Cornwall Council's consent in mind.
Beyond the town, Halsetown, Towednack and Zennor sit on open granite upland within the Cornwall National Landscape, where the work turns to farms, tracks and paddocks.
From Hayle we come in on the A3074, or over the hill on the B3311 through Halsetown, which enters the town down the Stennack.
Our Patio, Groundworks and Drainage Services in St Ives
Driveways and Landscaping
Patios, courtyards and boundaries. Older properties here often have small, walled spaces, so our hard landscaping and patios are designed to suit granite surroundings. Where a garden steps, retaining walls hold the levels, and fencing closes off exposed plots on the hill. Frontages that can take a car are rebuilt as driveways, with resin, concrete and tarmac compared for the setting.
Groundworks and Drainage
Below the surface. Old towns hide old pipes. Our drainage work traces and renews them, while groundworks, setting out and concrete works prepare footings and bases for outbuildings and garden rooms. Tree removal and land clearance opens up neglected plots on the edge of town.
Plant Hire
Plant to suit the streets. Mini digger hire puts a 2-tonne machine on narrow sites, our wider plant hire covers bigger ground beyond the centre, and chipper hire deals with overgrown gardens.
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks
Upland farms. Out towards Zennor and Towednack: agricultural groundworks, farm track construction, agricultural buildings, silage clamps and slurry stores, horse arena construction and farm concrete yards.
Farm and Equestrian Groundworks on the Zennor and Towednack Uplands
West of St Ives, the farmland around Towednack and Zennor is a patchwork of small fields bounded by granite hedges, some among the oldest field patterns in Cornwall. Work here respects that landscape.
Agricultural groundworks
drainage, bases and yards for upland holdings with thin soil over granite.
Farm track construction
tracks through gateways and between hedged fields, with prior approval checked first.
Agricultural buildings
frames erected on pads cut into rock where needed.
Farm concrete yards
yards that shed the heavy rain this coast attracts.
Horse arena construction
ménages for riders on the high ground behind the town.
Silage clamps and slurry stores
constructed under SSAFO, sited with the farm's water in mind.
Why St Ives Property Owners Choose Luna Maintenance
Logistics planned in writingDelivery drops, spoil removal and working hours are set out in the quote, so neighbours and narrow lanes are respected throughout.
Credentials that carry weightCHAS accredited, Constructionline Gold and CPCS-carded, with full insurance.
A team you get to knowRoss Kitto leads every job, drawing on 29 years in the trade, with the same team of five from first visit to final walk-round.
Hours that suit a busy townWorking 7am to 7pm, seven days, lets us time the disruptive stages around the season.
The right size of machineThe fleet runs from the 14-tonne excavator down to two 2-tonne minis, all our own, so the plant fits the street rather than the other way round.
Our Work Near St Ives
Our portfolio spans porcelain and sandstone patios, garden redesigns, a 55 square metre resin-bound driveway, tree clearance and farm projects such as arenas and steel-frame buildings. All of it is our own work, photographed on our own sites. Browse it on our work page.
Kind Words From Our Customers
Garden work draws some of our warmest feedback:
"Really professional team and I wont hesitate to use them again."
"Their time management, cost structure and quality of work has been excellent and I would be delighted to recommend them."
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Arrange a Free Site Visit in St Ives
Tell us where the property is and what you have in mind. We will walk the site, look at the access and the ground, and send a written quote that includes the logistics as well as the work. There is no charge for either.
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Based in Hayle, working across West Cornwall
Phone: 07460 077745
Email: office@lunamaintenanceltd.com
Hours: 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week
Last updated: 20 October 2026