Real jobs we've finished across the Gold Coast — pool digs, site cuts, rock breaking, retaining and arena builds. Click through for the brief and the outcome.
A narrow side-access driveway at a Bethania home transformed from bare, uneven ground into a clean grey gravel driveway running between the house and boundary fence through to the garage.
A consistent finished driveway surface that creates a clear connection along the side of the home and opens out neatly in front of the garage.
A complete front yard transformation for Tania and Sean from GC Budget Plumbing at their Coomera Waters home — bringing the frontage together with structured garden beds, dark block edging, lush tropical planting and a stepping-stone path through decorative black pebbles.
A polished, cohesive frontage that frames the home, gives the garden strong definition and creates a clear path from the driveway to the front entry.
A sloping Highland Park backyard levelled and set up as a stable pool pad — fill brought in to build the area up, retaining walls built to hold the new levels, then a layer of pebbles topped with crusher dust to finish the pad. We'll be back on a return visit to do the fencing.
A level, stable pool pad ready to go — built down an access most machines couldn't get through, while the patio was being built on site at the same time. Fencing to follow on a return visit.
A sloping backyard on an Ormeau Hills block cut and filled into one flat, level area — set up as a turf-ready family yard. The fill was brought in from the block next door to build the low side up to level.
A flat, level backyard ready for turf. The owners have since laid turf over it, and it's become the family's new favourite place to hang out.
On-site repair to the bucket of an 80-tonne excavator working at the Bromelton quarry — the mobile welding rig brought out to the machine to get it back into production.
The 80-tonne excavator was repaired on site so it could get back to work at the quarry with minimal downtime — no need to float a machine that size off to a workshop.
Full site cut and pad preparation for a new acreage build — a seven-bedroom, five-bathroom home, a separate guest house and a large shed, each set out on its own level.
Three pads cut and built to level and compacted to around six times the minimum spec — signed off by the geotech and ready for the builder to move into footings and slab.
Commercial carpark and access-area rejuvenation for AMA Collision — around 100 tonnes of aggregate supplied, spread, graded and compacted.
A cleaner, safer, more functional carpark with the low spots gone and drainage restored — built to handle constant daily traffic.
Tight-access excavation and site prep along a fence line — brought down to level and cleared, ready for concreting.
A clean, level pad handed over ready for the concreters to form up and pour.
Cut a level tank pad into a hinterland bank below a tiny home, based and compacted ready for the tank — with a shed pad levelled on the return visit.
A dead-level, based tank pad ready for the tank delivery, with the shed pad knocked over the next day — two jobs in two visits.
Family pool dig on a sloping Ormeau Hills block — home turf for us. Dug to the pool company's template with our 1.7T excavator.
Clean, square cavity dug to template depth and dimensions, ready for the pool crew.
Hinterland pool dig that hit shale at 800mm. Hydraulic breaker fitted on day 2 to break out the rock floor and walls.
Rock variation discussed with the homeowner before continuing — finished within the agreed range.
1,200m² building pad on a sloping acreage block. Bulk cut, retaining benches and slab-tolerance trim.
Pad delivered to engineer's spec, ±20mm tolerance. Slab poured the following week.
Old fibreglass pool removal and full backfill with engineered fill. Site re-graded for landscaping.
Pool gone, site flat and compacted. Ready for turf within 24 hours of finish.
Stormwater and electrical trenching across a 600m² lot. Tight access through 900mm side gate.
All services laid same day, site backfilled and clean before evening.
Steep hinterland block — 1.8m cut with retaining wall bench prep. Boulder breaking required for the lower bench.
Bench delivered ready for retaining wall trade. Spoil reused on the lower garden terrace.
60m × 30m horse arena pad — strip, level, base layer, drainage, and surfacing prep.
Arena pad to design spec, ready for the surface contractor. Owner riding within the month.
John gave me a fixed price after the site visit and stuck to it, even when we hit a bit of rock. Pool hole was clean and ready for the shell on day three.
Used Sollid for a site cut on a steep block in Tallai. Showed up on time, machine was tidy, and the pad was on the money for our slab. Will use again.
Booked a tipper of recycled aggregate for a driveway base. Easy to deal with on the phone, dropped on the right spot, fair price. Recommend.
Free site visit, fixed-price quote, no surprises. Owner-operated.