How much for an average block paved drive?

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i would like a new driveway laid in blocks, and i am wondering how much on average is it likely to cost. The total area of the drive is 40m2. So i have calculated that i need 2000 blocks. We already have a tarmac drive so we can use part of that sub- base. Also i would like a key kerb around the perimeter of the site. If you hae any views post a reply!!! Thanks.

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Some guide prices are given on the Block Paving page, but you should know that prices vary throughout the country and with the type of block used.

Somwehere around 45-55 quid per square metre seems to be the going rate for 200x100 standard blocks paving, althought it can get up to 70 quid per m² in the South-east or on smaller jobs.

[suki]

we're pretty competetive then at £40 quid a m2,
however we did a quote at the weekend for BP and it came to £1800 however the customer said he'd had 2 other quotes for £900 & £1100, so i bid him fairwell. Bloody giblets eh.

(Edited by suki at 11:37 pm on Jan. 27, 2003)

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Anyone quoting half of your rate, ie, 900 quid instead of 1800 quid, Suki, has to be a cowboy. The blocks cost a tenner, so how can they possibly excavate and cart away, supply and lay sub-base, supply and lay sand, lay the blocks, cut-in, wacker and sand-up for a tenner?

40 quid per m² is a keen price, just a bit lower than what we see in and around Manchester/Liverpool. However, my survey of national prices includes the made-up big numbers from contractors working in London and the south-east and their prices push the average cost per m² to more or less 50 quid per square metre.