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      <description>A cracked and sunken concrete driveway in Poole was replaced with a fully permeable block paved drive, excavated and rebuilt from the sub-base up.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A 1930s semi in Broadstone gained a 28sqm open-plan kitchen and dining space, with reclaimed brickwork matched so closely the join is invisible from the garden.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Hard cement pointing was spalling the brickwork on this Victorian terrace in Wimborne. We raked it out by hand and repointed in lime mortar.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A leaning 2.1m retaining wall on a sloping Canford Cliffs plot was taken down and rebuilt as a reinforced structure with proper drainage behind it.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A dated 1960s Ferndown bungalow was reworked with a rear extension, a full-width dormer and a complete internal refit, adding two bedrooms and a proper family room.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A collapsing cement-pointed rubble wall in Blandford Forum was rebuilt in knapped flint with brick lacing courses and lime mortar, matching the surviving original.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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