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Licensed excavation, Lilli Pilli
Excavation & Earthworks Lilli Pilli
Lilli Pilli is a sand-and-sandstone suburb on the Cronulla peninsula, pool, basement and site-cut work with shoring in the sand and rock on the higher blocks. The regular jobs here are pool digs, basement digs and site cuts. Services located first, sites left level and clean.
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What we do in Lilli Pilli
Excavation for every Lilli Pilli job
From a knock-down rebuild to a new estate pad, each service has its own page with the detail.
Excavation in Lilli Pilli
What's different about digging in Lilli Pilli
Lilli Pilli, in short
Lilli Pilli sits about 27 kilometres south of the city. You'll recognise it by Lilli Pilli Point, Port Hacking and Lilli Pilli Baths. It's ringed by Port Hacking, Dolans Bay, Caringbah South and Yowie Bay. What's changing: knock-down rebuilds, duplexes and pools, and basements and site-cuts needing shoring in the sand.
The houses, and what they need
Around Lilli Pilli, near Lilli Pilli Point, you're mostly on beach cottages and mid-century homes giving way to duplexes and apartments. Near Lilli Pilli Point, the older brick and fibro is renovate-or-rebuild ground. Day to day around Port Hacking that's pool digs, basement digs and site cuts.
The ground under Lilli Pilli
On the Cronulla peninsula, Lilli Pilli ground runs to coastal sand over Hawkesbury sandstone, near Lilli Pilli Point. Lilli Pilli's sand near Port Hacking needs a pump and a sheeted wall more than a big bucket, with the water table close. Around Dolans Bay, the sand won't stand, so the dig is shored or battered and the sump keeps it dry.
The council, access, and getting to you
Around Lilli Pilli Point, Lilli Pilli sits in Sutherland Shire Council with no flood or bushfire overlay, a standard DA or CDC job. Into Lilli Pilli the crew comes off Kingsway or Captain Cook Drive; access is tight through the older inner streets.
How it runs
First call to clean handover
Every job follows the same sequence, whether it's a single trench or a full site cut.
A trench can be a day, a basement can be weeks. Dates come with the quote, not after.
Where we work
Where around Lilli Pilli we dig
Lilli Pilli and the streets around it, from the older estates to the new blocks.
Sutherland Shire & St George
Excavation across Lilli Pilli
From the older streets to the newer blocks, Lilli Pilli and the suburbs around it. If you're anywhere in the Lilli Pilli area, we can get to you.
See the whole Shire and St George →Recent work
Sites we've dug
Penrith Site cut
Castle Hill Pool dig
Ryde Basement
Liverpool Civil
“Very easy to deal with.
Excellent communication” Priya, Penrith
Excellent communication” Priya, Penrith
“Left the site spotless.” Dave, Castle Hill
“Would definitely recommend them!” Marcus, Ryde
“Great job thanks so much.” Lauren, Liverpool
“Very easy to deal with. Excellent communication” Priya, Penrith “Left the site spotless.” Dave, Castle Hill “Would definitely recommend them!” Marcus, Ryde “Great job thanks so much.” Lauren, Liverpool
“Very easy to deal with. Excellent communication” Priya, Penrith “Left the site spotless.” Dave, Castle Hill “Would definitely recommend them!” Marcus, Ryde “Great job thanks so much.” Lauren, Liverpool
Excavation in Lilli Pilli, answered
How much does excavation cost in Lilli Pilli?
It depends on the volume of material, the ground (coastal sand over hawkesbury sandstone on the cronulla peninsula), access for the machine and how far spoil has to be carted. Every job gets a written quote after a site look, with the dig, cartage and cleanup spelled out, so you know what’s included before anything starts.
Do I need council approval before you dig in Lilli Pilli?
Usually, if the excavation is part of a build. Cut and fill beyond set limits, work near boundaries and anything on a lot with a flood, bushfire or heritage overlay needs approval as part of the DA or CDC. We work to the approved plans; check with your certifier before the dig is booked.
How long does an excavation job take in Lilli Pilli?
A trench, pool dig or single pad is a day or two; a knock-down site cut or a basement runs longer and depends on volume, ground and weather. Dates come with the quote, not after.
Is there rock in Lilli Pilli?
Yes. Coastal sand over Hawkesbury sandstone on the Cronulla peninsula. Across the Shire and on the St George ridges, sandstone is usually within the first metre, so pools, basements and garage cuts are rock jobs: sawn at the boundaries, broken in the middle, carted as rock. It’s in the quote from the site look.
Can you dig a pool into the rock on my Lilli Pilli block?
Yes, and it’s the standard Shire pool. The shell outline is sawn into the sandstone, the middle is broken out, the rock is carted, and the edges are left clean for the concrete or the fibreglass shell. Slower than a clay dig and priced for it.
Do you do duplex site cuts in Lilli Pilli?
Yes. Through St George it’s the most common job: the old house down, slab and footings out, the block stripped, and two pads cut to the engineer’s spec, in clay on the ridge top and into sandstone where the design goes deep.
There’s no way to get a machine onto my Lilli Pilli waterfront block. Can you still dig?
Yes. Mini machines are craned in over the house or walked through it, rock is broken out and craned or barrowed away, and on the Port Hacking and Georges River blocks a barge is sometimes the answer. Slower than a side-gate job and priced for it.
Do you do knock-down rebuild site cuts in Lilli Pilli?
Yes. The old house down, slab and footings out, the block stripped and the new pad cut and compacted, as one run if you want the demolition handled too.
What happens next
Tell us the job. We'll size it up.
✓ Tell us the suburb, the access and what needs digging
✓ We'll come out and look before quoting anything
✓ You'll get a written quote with what's included spelled out
✓ The machine's matched to your access, not whatever's free
✓ Clear on spoil, cartage and cleanup before we start
✓ No obligation, no pressure
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