New patio and drive

kph100

FRONT DRIVEWAY EXTENSION

Remove lawn, excavate and install firm base and supply and lay 34sqm of Marshalls Driveline 50 block paving with 34 linear metre soldier course
supply and install 4 recessed manhole covers

Quoted Price inc VAT = £3900

REAR PATIO WITH SLABS

Excavate existing patio and part lawn
install compacted base
supply and lay 44sqm of marshalls Haworth Moor indian sandstone
supply and install 37 lin meters block paving soldier course
supply and lay 9 metres linear drainage

Cost inc VAT £ 4850

also extra £1480 to excavate 36sqm lawn rotovate sharp sand and install land drainage system connect to storm drain
relay 36 sqm of turf.

In Gloucestershire - thoughts please

Doozergirl

I'd always buy your own stone; I don't like to pay the extra for a contractors time and personal mark up It's not hard to find a company and get it delivered in time. We use a supplier near Bromsgrove who just deal in aggregate, paving etc. Our pavers were Plaspave Sorrento and were £18.99 + VAT I think. We got a bit more off by asking for a quantity discount. Yours woud be about half that.


Sandstone, I'd look at ebay and budget about £20 + VAT per metre, probably less than that. There's a regular on these boards that has his own company selling stone and they sell on ebay too.

I think £100 a metre for laying is a bit steep based on the price of your paving. I think we paid £50ish but there was no previous drive to remove and we built it higher so there wasn't too much digging down. They don't half throw it down! Our drive was really big and it went down like carpet, they made it look so easy! (You can just see the back wheel of my car is actually on a manhole!)