I want my kerb dropped

gemz700

Hi,

I want to get the kerb dropped outside my house. The council have told me i have to pay for a quote, then the price could be around £1000 for it to be done.

Does anyone know how i can get around this?:p

ellybelly89

is your house owned by the council?
do you want it dropped for disabled access?

jackieb

I got mine done a couple of years ago. To get the kerb lowered and the front lock-blocked cost me £2000. £450 of that was for the kerb. I paid £30 to the council to get permission. Our council has a list of approved builders who you have to work with (because you can't do it yourself! )

gemz700

ellybelly89 wrote: »

is your house owned by the council?
do you want it dropped for disabled access?

Hi!

No, its not owned by the council and i just want it doe so i can have a driveway as the parking on my road is a nightmare and someone has already scraped my car once and driven off!!!

Thanks

Gem

lilacsparkle

gemz700 wrote: »

Hi,

I want to get the kerb dropped outside my house. The council have told me i have to pay for a quote, then the price could be around £1000 for it to be done.

Does anyone know how i can get around this?:p

Hi, i had my kerb dropped a couple of years ago, the council gave us a list of approved contractors, i eventually managed to get some quotes (for free) These ranged from £450 to £1,250 !

gemz700

lilacsparkle wrote: »

Hi, i had my kerb dropped a couple of years ago, the council gave us a list of approved contractors, i eventually managed to get some quotes (for free) These ranged from £450 to £1,250 !

Did you have to pay the council to get the list of contractors??

ellybelly89

why i was asking because if it was for disabled access you could apply for a disability grant.

i'd follow the other replies advice and get permission from the council and use their builders.

gemz700

cooolio...thanx for your help!!

jackieb

I didn't have to pay to get the list of contractors, but I did have to pay £30 to the council (towards administration I suppose). Someone from the council came up and had a look where the kerb was needed to be dropped. I don't know if all councils operate the same though.

Vandals are scum! We got a new to us car and within a month someone had keyed it and the whole side had to be resprayed. That's the reason we took our car off the street too.

sniperpenguin

1. Make a driveway
2. Place a piece of wood (length of wood = Width of driveway) at the base of the existing kerd like so:

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|XXXX
|XXXX
|XXXX

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<-- Road

X = Wood, viewed as if you had your face side-on to the kerb, looking along it.

3. Enjoy the fact that your will now go up the driveway fine, and that your wallet is not a grand lighter!

sharoo

sniperpenguin wrote: »

1. Make a driveway
2. Place a piece of wood (length of wood = Width of driveway) at the base of the existing kerd like so:

|
|XXXX
|XXXX
|XXXX

---

<-- Road

X = Wood, viewed as if you had your face side-on to the kerb, looking along it.

3. Enjoy the fact that your will now go up the driveway fine, and that your wallet is not a grand lighter!

Cheap maybe, but nothing to stop people parking infront of your drive. Then your shiney new drive isnt too much use.