Best way to sell nearly new sandstone - Advice sought

[JaynieG]

I've got a patio/pathways of approx. 60m2 of Khandla Grey Sandstone, it's been down for 3 months, either it goes or my dog!

I understand it cost just over £2k, the landscaper will take it up ready for collection.
What's my best bet for selling this to recoup some if the cost and how much can I expect to achieve?

Thank you

[lutonlagerlout]

ebay gumtree local paper
be prepared to take a hard haircut on it though
if it cost 2k new its still second hand now
you might get £500 , I have seen lots of second hand stuff and generally dont go near it unless its yorkstone
LLL

[blacklimestoneproblem]

I understand it cost just over £2k, the landscaper will take it up ready for collection.

They sound like diamonds, expensive to buy, but hard to ever sell back close to the original paid for price, unless its really good.

Search for some 2nd hand slabs like yours online, see what they are going for, to get an idea of what you can recoup.

Sometimes, you can get better prices advertising in local shops as not everyone is online, but Your Mileage May Very (YMMV).

[Tony McC]

When I have to write court reports for paving and landscaping disputes, I'm expected to provide costings for the remedial works, which usually involves taking up the existing paving and replacing it with something similar.

Try as I might, I cannot find anywhere in the country that will offer anything other than a free uplift-and-cart-away service for unwanted Indian sandtone patio flags, not even the sawn/polished/honed stuff.

The basic riven stuff is often just thrown away as it is deemed by most salvage yards to have zero value. Customers can buy new for less than 20 quid per metre, so why would a salvage yard be interested in anything that is heavy, cumbersome, takes up space in their yard, and will bring in no more than a tenner a metre, if they are lucky?

The high-end stuff, the good quality, near-perfect polished/honed can sometimes attract an offer as high as 5 quid a metre, but that's only happened three times in the last two years. If the salvage yard is paying a fiver, and they have to lift-and-collect, they will need to sell at 30 quid/m² to make it worth their while, and even at that price, it could be stuck in their yard, turning ever greener, for years before anyone shows an interest!

So, when I'm writing up my reports, I have to state that salvaged Indian sandstone/limestone, and similar flagstones/setts/blocks have zero reclamation value, even if it's in near-perfect condition. Anything that's been cut, got mortar stains on the surface, has algae, lichen or black spot, might as well just go straight into the skip!