What does a patio cost in Teesside?
A patio in Teesside costs £50 to £80 per square metre in concrete slabs, £80 to £120 in natural stone and £100 to £150 in porcelain, supplied and laid, in 2026. A typical 25 square metre back garden terrace therefore lands between roughly £1,300 and £3,700, before steps, walls or drainage work.
The 2026 figures
Patio pricing is per square metre for the surface, with everything else quoted separately. These are the ranges homeowners across the TS postcodes are seeing this year.
| Item | Typical price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Concrete slabs, supplied and laid | £50 to £80 per m² | Riven or smooth pressed |
| Natural stone, supplied and laid | £80 to £120 per m² | Sandstone, limestone, yorkstone |
| Porcelain, supplied and laid | £100 to £150 per m² | 20mm external, primed bed |
| Repairs and repointing | from £150 | Small areas, failed joints |
| Garden walls and edging | from £300 | Retaining height changes it |
| Paths and steps | quoted per job | Levels drive the labour |
| Skip or muckaway, per load | £220 to £320 | Clay spoil is heavy |
What a real job adds up to
Take a common brief: 25 square metres across the back of a semi, one step down from the back door, an old slab surface to come up. In concrete slabs that is around £1,300 to £2,000 all in. In sandstone, £2,000 to £3,000. In porcelain, £2,500 to £3,750. Lifting and carting the old patio adds a few hundred, largely in disposal. A short flight of steps and a low edging wall might add £600 to £1,200 on top. So the same garden can honestly be quoted anywhere from about £1,600 to over £5,000, and none of those numbers is wrong: they describe different jobs.
Where the money actually goes
- The dig and the disposal: roughly 150mm to 200mm of ground comes out under a patio, and on clay that is heavy, wet spoil that has to be carried and tipped. It is a real cost, and it is the first thing a cheap quote quietly leaves out.
- The sub-base: stone in, layer by layer, compacted. Invisible when finished, and the entire reason the patio does not move.
- The bedding mortar: a full wet bed uses far more material than spot dabs, which is exactly why some quotes come in cheaper.
- The surface itself: the only part most people compare, and often the smallest share of the difference between two quotes.
- Cutting and detail: manholes, downpipes, curved edges and door thresholds all cost time, and they are what makes a finished job look considered.
- Access: everything travels by barrow. A mid-terrace with alley access can add a day or more of labour compared with a garden a van can reach.
Reading two quotes that differ by a thousand pounds
Put them side by side and look for four things: the excavation depth, the sub-base depth, the bedding method, and what happens to the old material. A quote that says 150mm dig, 100mm compacted type 1, full wet bed, spoil removed, is describing a patio that will still be flat in a decade. A quote that says supply and lay 25m² of paving is describing an unknown. If the cheaper one is cheaper because it is doing less, that is a decision you can make deliberately. If it is cheaper for no stated reason, ask why before signing.
Ways to save that do not backfire
Reduce the area rather than the specification: a smaller stone terrace with a gravel or lawn surround usually looks better than a large cheap one. Keep the shape rectangular, since curves and circles are cutting time. Book outside the May to August rush when yards and installers are busiest. Combine the patio with any edging or wall work in one visit rather than two. And do the parts that need no skill yourself, such as clearing the garden and moving pots, so the priced labour goes on the parts that do.