How much for a tarmac driveway

karmartello

Hi All

This is my first post so please forgive any mistakes

Could anyone tell me how much a tarmac driveway might cost. The area we need tarmaced would be 1000 sq feet.

Any recomendations would also be welcome

Thanks:o

sheerdelight

Depends what has to be done! Is it to replace an existing one or not? If it is a new house I would let existing ground settle for 5-6 months. A proper drivway needs a good base. If it is old driveway it needs dug out and a base laid then a top coat of "tarmac".Most people get bitmac but you can go for really up market driveway with really smooth tarmac(and white chippings)

What ever you do get a few written quotes and what the supplier is proposinh to do. Ask a neighbour who has got theirs done perhaps.

Whatever you do - do not employ the services of an itinerant trader!!!!!!!!. You will be able to brush it up after a year and put it in the bin! I also suggest you are circumspect when reponding to flyers that come through doors that only have mobile numbers. I have seen flyers with false addresses and addresses of itinerant campsites. You have little hope of redress if job is not done not right!

We all want a job done for as little as possible but if you pay £300 and other traders are quoting £2000 guess which one will last! You want a driveway to last 20 years not 20 weeks.

sheerdelight

You could try Brian Blakely Contractors from Newtownards. I have no connection with business but relatives employed his services a month ago to get driveway tarmaced. Seemed to do a good job but I am always loathe to recommend anyone just in case. In their case driveway was dug up and relaid. Plenty of cowboys would just have put a topcoat on.

Establish if VAT is included or not with all traders. Depends if you want to be part of the black economy or not.

karmartello

Thanks for the advice Sheerdelight - I am going to contact two contractors today.

Thanks again

maveli

I just got a quote £860.00 for 46 sq.meter