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How much for a tarmac driveway

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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

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  • sheerdelight
    sheerdelight Posts: 108 Forumite
    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
    sheerdelight Posts: 108 Forumite
    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
    karmartello Posts: 27 Forumite
    Thanks for the advice Sheerdelight - I am going to contact two contractors today.

    Thanks again
  • maveli
    maveli Posts: 590 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I just got a quote £860.00 for 46 sq.meter
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