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Does anyone know how much a dropped kerb costs to have put in?
I looked on the council website and it basically said "it depends" with no other info!
We are looking to put in an offer and the house has off street parking round the back but alot of the other houses have drives and there is space for one, so it would seem sensible to get a dropped kerb if the cost isn't prohibitive!
Any ball park figures, or what you have paid would help.
Thanks in advance
I looked on the council website and it basically said "it depends" with no other info!
We are looking to put in an offer and the house has off street parking round the back but alot of the other houses have drives and there is space for one, so it would seem sensible to get a dropped kerb if the cost isn't prohibitive!
Any ball park figures, or what you have paid would help.
Thanks in advance
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Councils can, I believe, charge what they want for this facility. I would phone them up and ask first thing on Monday. Or will the EA be receiving offers tomorrow?0
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This has been talked about on here a few times in the past. Several hundred is the best guess.A house isn't a home without a cat.
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So sorry to waste your precious time.
People have been really helpful when I have asked questions before but now I may think twice about asking for help.0 -
Mine quoted me over a grand!!!Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree!
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Thanks for that, it is useful to know. Not sure it will add any value to the house but we aren't really doing it for that reason - as long as it doesn't make it lose value!
But I don't suppose it would stop us putting in an offer, it would just be nice to know the option is there if we get fed up of parking round the back. I think by the time we have saved up for furniture etc it might be a while before we could afford it at that price!0 -
this could be interesting reading for you OP:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=725689
It talks about some of the probelms people have had with driveways/dropped kurbs.0 -
Thanks.
That sounds very annoying!
However the house is on a fairly quiet road that is not really a thru road to anywhere, and there are double yellows on the side where the house is, and parking is relatively simple on the other side. Plus all the houses have parking at the back.
Although it would be awful to get blocked in! But my partner is a copper so hopefully could do something about that!0 -
I wasn't being sarcastic, I was stating a fact. If you'd used the search facility you would have found that this subject and prices has been discussed a few times in, say, the last year.So sorry to waste your precious time.
People have been really helpful when I have asked questions before but now I may think twice about asking for help.A house isn't a home without a cat.
Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
I have writer's block - I can't begin to tell you about it.
You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception.
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My ex wife had it done. I think the council quoted about £1500, she then had it done privately for about half that. But it is often a council requirement that they do it, so she had it done illegally and in theory the council could make her put it back.I am a Mortgage Adviser
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When friends had their kerb dropped, their council basically gave them a list of "approved" contractors. They just worked their way through that list until they found the cheapest.Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 declared0
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