Family-Run Earthmoving · Sydney Metro

Scared the bloke cutting your block will leave your footings out of level and stall the whole build?

Cowboys dig fast, walk off, and leave you a sloppy cut your builder has to fix on your dollar. We cut it dead level so the slab sits right first go.

Sandpit Ninja
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Tell us about your block and what you're building.

Fill this in and Luke calls you back himself, usually same day.

Be honest, what's worrying you most about getting your block cut?
When are you looking to get started?
Where should we send the next step?

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What We Do

We don't just dig a hole. We set the level your whole house stands on.

Every house starts with a cut. Get it wrong by fifty mil and your builder eats the cost, your slab fights the ground, and you carry it for the life of the home. We read the fall of the block, peg it, and cut to the exact level the engineer set. No guessing. No 'she'll be right'. The pad is true before a single boot of concrete goes near it.

Your block deserves footings that sit dead true.

A slope is not a problem, it's information. We work with the natural fall instead of bullying it flat, batter the edges so they hold through a Sydney downpour, and compact the pad so it does not move under your slab. The cut you can't see is the cut that holds your home up. We treat it like it matters, because it does.

Where your home actually begins.

A clean, level cut is the quiet foundation nobody photographs and everybody depends on. Years from now, when the doors all close square and the floor sits flat and the cracks never came, that started here, in the dirt, with someone who got it right the first time. That's the work we want our name on across Sydney.

How We Work

We work with your block, not against it.

Cowboys flatten everything and hope. We read the slope, the soil and the engineer's plan first, then cut once, properly, so your build starts on solid ground.

STEP 01

Read The Block

We walk it, check the fall, the soil and the engineer's set-out. We work out the smart cut before the machine moves, not after.

STEP 02

Cut It Dead Level

Pegged to the plan, cut to the millimetre, battered and compacted right. The pad sits true so your slab and footings go in clean.

STEP 03

Ready For The Pour

We hand your builder a level, tidy, set-out cut they can pour on straight away. No surprises, no rework, no holding up the job.

Common Questions

The stuff people ask before they book.

What if the cut comes out off-level?

It won't, because we peg to the engineer's set-out and check the level as we go, not at the end. But if anything is out, we fix it on our dollar before your builder pours. You never pay to correct our work.

My block's on a slope. Can you handle it?

That's exactly the work we want. A slope just means we read the fall properly, batter the edges so they hold, and compact the pad. We work with the contour instead of fighting it. Sloped blocks are normal for Sydney metro.

Will the quote blow out?

We give you a fixed price after we see the block and the plans, not a cheap number to win you then a bill at the end. If we hit real rock or a surprise underground, we stop and talk to you first. No silent extras.

Can you work straight with my builder?

Yep, we do it all the time. We talk to your builder direct, work to their set-out and timeline, and hand over a cut they can pour on the next day. One less thing for you to chase up.

Luke Gallagher
About Us

Hey, I'm Luke from Sandpit Ninja.

I cut house pads and footings across Sydney metro, out to Wollongong, Liverpool and into the inner city around Redfern. I've seen too many owners get burnt by a bloke who dug fast, left it sloppy, and let the builder pick up the slack.

So I run it the opposite way. I read the block before I start, peg to the engineer's plan, and cut once, dead level. When I'm done your builder pours straight onto it. No second visits, no fixing my mess.

It's family-run, I answer my own phone, and my name is on every cut. If something isn't right I'm there to sort it. That's the whole point of doing it properly the first time.

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Level And Ready, Guaranteed.

We cut to the engineer's set-out and check the level before we leave. If anything comes up out of spec before your slab goes down, we come back and fix it on our dollar. Your build starts on ground you can trust.

Send through your block details and Luke will come have a proper look.

Fixed price after we see the site and the plans. No pressure, no chasing, no surprise extras.

Be honest, what's worrying you most about getting your block cut?
When are you looking to get started?
Where should we send the next step?

You're in. We'll be in touch shortly.

Check your phone for a confirmation text.

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