Block Paving Quote

400ixl

Price looks to be at the top end but difficult to say if it is over the top. Ours has been down 23 years now with no issues and was done using a similar spec. As people have said, the base is absolutely key as is good drainage with soak aways as well as the sloping of the surface.

Maybe something like https://www.myjobquote.co.uk/costs/block-paving-cost will give you a better idea if you fill it in.

jackywacky

An update for anyone interested
We've found another company to do the work, well known in the area and have good reviews.
The spec is the same as the original but also includes contrasting coloured blocks around the perimeter, better edging around the step and a existing rainwater drainpipe to be connected to the new soakaway.

Cost £7,308 inc vat. Almost £4k cheaper than the original quote of £11,250  I know getting other quotes is an obvious thing to do but the person who recommended the original company lead me to believe they were competitive as well as giving good workmanship. Lessons learned

FreeBear

jackywacky said: We've found another company to do the work, well known in the area and have good reviews.
The spec is the same as the original but also includes contrasting coloured blocks around the perimeter, better edging around the step and a existing rainwater drainpipe to be connected to the new soakaway.

When you have a downpipe connected to a soakaway, I would recommend you use one of these - https://www.floplast.co.uk/product/leafdebris-interceptor-gully

Makes cleaning out any blockages so much easier, and they also help to stop crud filling up the soakaway.

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You're right to raise an eyebrow at that. £11,250 on 45m² is £250 a square metre, and block paving supplied and laid is normally more like £60-£120/m², so for 45m² I'd expect somewhere around £3,000-£5,500 for a good job. Even allowing for Kent being a bit dearer, that's roughly double the top of the range.

The blocks being "only" £1,500 is a bit of a red herring by the way, that's completely normal. The real money on any drive is the stuff you can't see once it's done: digging out to the right depth, carting the muck away, the sub-base, the edgings and the drainage. That's the only place £11k could legitimately go, so if there's a big excavation or a soakaway involved it's not impossible. But at that price I'd get two more quotes to the exact same spec before signing anything. I'd put money on them coming in a fair bit lower.