I am looking to alter my 'bare' new lawned garden and have looked today at New Riven Yorkstone. I have planned for approx 65 sq m but I feel £2000 is a bit pricey, (Bannolds of Cambridge). Are there 'cheaper' quality alternatives to the real stuff so I do not have to scale back my plans?
The work I shall carry out myself so I am only looking at raw materials.
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The imported Indian sandstone is probably what you've been quoted for, Herbs. The decent imported stuff is selling for 20-30 quid per square metre, so, with you after 65 m², the better, 'top of the range' stuff would come to summat like 1950 quid. Genuine Yorkstone, from the north of England (Lancs, Derbys, and/or Yorks) would cost more like 40 quid per square metre, and even decent reclaimed stone would be 30 quid or so per square metre.
So, you're left looking at either the cheaper imports, the stuff at 18-20 quid per square metre, or the concrete copies. The cheaper stone isn't as tough as the good stuff, but there are some bargains, if you're prepared to shop around. The concrete copies...well, you need to be spending 25 quid or so per square metre to get the ones that actually look like stone. There's plenty that look like imitation stone in the 15-20 quid per m² range, and there's real crappy ones at 8-15 quid per metre.
You have to decide what suits your plans. Even the very best concrete copies will look even more like concrete copies in 10 years, whereas the genuine stone will always look like genuine stone. Have a look at a few more merchants. Kent-Blaxill in Colchester have a superb range of genuine stone and the concrete copies, so it might be worth paying them a visit to see if there's owt a bit cheaper that catches your eye.
Or have you considered one of the tumbled block pavers? they can give you an olde worlde look and feel at a price under 20 quid per square metre.
So, you're left looking at either the cheaper imports, the stuff at 18-20 quid per square metre, or the concrete copies. The cheaper stone isn't as tough as the good stuff, but there are some bargains, if you're prepared to shop around. The concrete copies...well, you need to be spending 25 quid or so per square metre to get the ones that actually look like stone. There's plenty that look like imitation stone in the 15-20 quid per m² range, and there's real crappy ones at 8-15 quid per metre.
You have to decide what suits your plans. Even the very best concrete copies will look even more like concrete copies in 10 years, whereas the genuine stone will always look like genuine stone. Have a look at a few more merchants. Kent-Blaxill in Colchester have a superb range of genuine stone and the concrete copies, so it might be worth paying them a visit to see if there's owt a bit cheaper that catches your eye.
Or have you considered one of the tumbled block pavers? they can give you an olde worlde look and feel at a price under 20 quid per square metre.
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