Driveway Vehicle Crossover Access £££ Robbery Help/Questions ?

suki1964

I doubt if you will get anywhere

Personally I would swallow the cost and think to myself £650 now, but just how much value has it added to my house and lowered my car insurance

BobProperty

nelly wrote:

...Just because some people say £650 is the norm doesnt mean its cheap....

I actually said it was expensive, but for a reason. There are significant risks associated with the work for the contractor.

nelly wrote:

...If you get it done privately the will make you jump through planning and regulation hoops and suprise suprise charge the earth too....

Like £650 or more because of the regulations and risks?
How can I explain this more clearly? Yes the actual physical work involved doesn't seem a lot but it's the risks associated with it that cost. If it settles sightly the contractor will have to come back and virtually do the whole job again. If the Highways Dept(or whoever) don't like it the contractor will have to come back and virtually do the whole job again. On top of which is the liability the contractor is taking on of anyone injuring themselves crossing their work, either during or for some considerable period after.

tanith

My daughter had this done and it cost £800 a lot of money but certainly worth it to get the household cars off the road onto her driveway... yes its a lot of money just depends on if you want to spend that much... and how beneficial it will be to you....

silvercar

Go back to the council and tell them you want the work done but the quoted price is too high. Ask for them to re-cost the work. If they refuse ask them for details of their appeal procedure. They may then offer a lower amount ot save an appeal. You could also try speaking to your local councillor.

Lopo

Whoo-hoo!

Figured out the pic posting problem,....situation as follows -



As you can see, to the right I already have a single access crossover - just need the highlighted (1 kerb and corner piece) sections adjusted to create the extension.

The Highways Agency/Council has permitted this to go ahead once I cough up the £570 readies....(£80 admin cheque fee has cleared now by the way!)

Remember, its not a full crossover to be constructed that I'm asking for - just an extension.

Is the job worth it....would you pay ? .....or how do I get them to reconsider lowering this cost?

Thanks all, Lopo

nelly_2

From the look of that on the left is your driveway wall and possibly some recycleing bins:)

well it looks like the drive isnt long enough anyway.

Personally I'd rather set fire to my face and beat the flames out with a kerbstone than pay £650 quid to have that lengthened out

Lopo

Its big enough - that ireally is not a problem. The image focuses on displaying the existing kerb piece that I want moved. I already have 2 cars parked there.

Like I said - they have approved it - those bins are just there as it was collections day!

jackieb

I got mine done last October. It cost us £520 by a builder who had been approved by the council.

However, if the pavements and kerbs are being relaid anyway they won't charge to lower the kerb if a householder asks. My next door neighbour asked for his to be lowered several years ago when the council were doing this. He has since changed his mind so he still has a wall around his garden and a lowered kerb.

I think it's very unreasonable considering they're doing the work anyway.

ceebee_2

We had the crossover extended, by 2 kerb lengths, two years ago. the work was done by the Council contractors whilst relayinf the footpath.
As we had an existing crossover, the cost was £70/kerbstone (£140 total). If there hadn't been an existing crossover, the cost would have been £350.
I have a receipt from the council for £119.15 + £20.85.VAT
A word of warning about having it done 'privately', in the process the contractor accidentally ripped out our Cable TV wiring. Fortunately, we no longer subscribed to Cable TV.
Hope this helps you to argue with the council.

*Louise*

£650 for a little bit of kerb????:eek:

Fair enough if they were doing the whole thing from scratch, but jeez.

If they didn't bring the price down, then I wouldn't bother - you'v managed this long without it.