Drop kerb - Warwickshire Council

Schmetterling

We have had numerous quotes to turn the small front garden in our recently purchased first house into a gravel driveway.

The parking on the street is a nightmare, despite most houses on our side of the street having driveways (and therefore dropped kerbs). The other side of the steet is maisonettes with no gardens and they mostly park on the street, though the are a few lock-ups.

We have been trying to find out ballpark figures for the actual dropping of the kerb now that we know the cost of the driveway installation. Warwickshire Council charges £75 for the application, and have a list of approved contractors on their website. I have contacted a few to ask for provisional quotes but none of them got back to me (maybe because it's a small job or maybe because we haven't applied yet).

I just wondered if anyone else out there might be able to help with an estimate before we decide if we are going ahead. The driveway is about 4m wide in total, and both neighbours have dropped kerbs although on one side, the neighbours' dropped part starts about a metre into their side because they have half drive/half garden.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Yorkie1

People have often reported a dropped kerb costing quite a few hundred pounds, sometimes approaching £1K.

Obviously I've no idea about your particular area, though.

WestonDave

It really depends on whether your council has a genuine open market for this or has a stitched up deal with one overpriced contractor. The going rate here was around £100 per kerbstone dropped with a standard dropped kerb being 5 lowered and 2 sloping (splayed) which comes to £700.

thebaldwindowfitter

bolton council wanted £722 inc vat to do ours which would of been 6 kerbs

warwicktiger

I would stick to the list of approved contractors, they have something to lose if they mess up, the cheapo cowboy does not!

cyclonebri1

Derbyshire wanted £1200 for 2 flats and 1 angled kerb, just an extension to an existing drop:eek::eek::eek::eek:. I,d sooner keep paying for the car to be tracked:mad::mad:

Same thing in Northumbria was £280