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Block Paving Driveway

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camills
camills Posts: 29 Forumite
edited 24 September 2014 at 10:28PM in Is this quote fair?
Hi guys,

We are thinking of having our drive re done.

We currently have crazy paving and wanted to get block paving laid down.

We have been quoted £3700 including digging out the existing drive way, materials and the new block paving.

Our driveway is approximately 55 sq metres.
Two of our neighbours are getting theirs done with the same company and they are trying to sell it to us by saying they can offer this price if we get it done now. If they had to come back again in the future it would be more expensive (as all the machinery are already here, etc).

We have been playing with the idea of getting the driveway done for a while, it is not an urgent matter but needs doing at some point.

Does this quote sound about right? And are we really getting a good deal?

Thank you for any advice.

Comments

  • Firstly I would do a background check on the company in question. Who are they? What do they do? Can you see previous work? Are there any guarantees?

    What block paving is it? For £67m2 I would expect something slightly different to the standard. If so then the quote is probably the correct price.
    Start Feb 2013 £148,900
    Initial MFD Feb 2043 --- Target Feb 2035
    Current balance [STRIKE]Jan 2014 £146,652[/STRIKE], Nov 2014 £143,509

    :beer:Current MFD Oct 2042 (5 Months Early) :beer:
    2013 OP: £255 / 2014 OP: £815
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