Cost of concrete base in NW London

Bookworm105

for a shed base that looks to be a better than necessary outcome achieved with a soft brush finish to avoid the risk of slips when walking on it in the wet

if you wanted a smooth (higher slip risk) finish then you should have specified that it be a floated finish and, as others say, that would have increased the cost by a fair bit due to either the time needed to manually float or the cost of hiring a power float 

Eldi_Dos

If you are wanting to improve the appearance of the area you could put in some edging and cover with gravel and sit the planters on that.

moneysaver1978

That looks great! Did the contractor use a steel mesh?

Heyyouguys

moneysaver1978 said:

That looks great! Did the contractor use a steel mesh?

Yes they did

Bookworm105 said:

for a shed base that looks to be a better than necessary outcome achieved with a soft brush finish to avoid the risk of slips when walking on it in the wet

if you wanted a smooth (higher slip risk) finish then you should have specified that it be a floated finish and, as others say, that would have increased the cost by a fair bit due to either the time needed to manually float or the cost of hiring a power float 

I think this is what I missed! Thank you for clarifying

Thank you all for your knowledge and feedback, it has been really helpful.