Help with quote

dx4100 · Post: # 74099Post **dx4100** Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:13 am

Hi guys

How much should I estimating for a block paving drive of about 65m2 ? Using Marshall standard block paving ?

Cheers for any help.

Carberry · Post: # 74100Post **Carberry** Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:39 am

Â£60-100 per square metre, depending on which part of the country you're in, access, the design of the paving ie: is it a lot of curves etc needing cut in, whether any drainage or recessed manhole covers need put in etc

dx4100 · Post: # 74102Post **dx4100** Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:43 am

That is great thanks. I just need a bit of a ball park to help me when I get numbers back from people

local patios and driveway · Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:19 pm

For block paving alone here in southeast we charge Â£75 per meter at 8inches depth all incl

Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:42 pm

if you are in warrington we have some very good contractors in that area who come on this forum

ken

mickg

george

ambient

theres 4 decent contractors all in your area,apologies to anyone who i missed
LLL

ken · Post: # 74238Post **ken** Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:12 pm

thanks for showing my contact details LLL, no ones rang yet!

Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:06 pm

well put up all the decent contractors i could think of in the north west
maybe the OP is on "myfailure" trying to get it done for 3'and ha'pence :;):
LLL

Hawk · Post: # 74272Post **Hawk** Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:56 pm

you forgot me LLL, i accept your apology

Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:06 pm

^^ as above fella :;):
LLL

mickg · Post: # 74279Post **mickg** Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:40 pm

I called to see the customer tonight and the quotation has been forwarded

dx4100 · Post: # 74363Post **dx4100** Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:58 am

Hi All

Cheers for the help. Selected a guy from the recommendations above.

Looking forward to a lovely new drive.

dx4100 · Post: # 74364Post **dx4100** Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:00 pm

lutonlagerlout wrote:well put up all the decent contractors i could think of in the north west
maybe the OP is on "myfailure" trying to get it done for 3'and ha'pence :;):
LLL

What is myfailure ?

Is it cheap

Carberry · Post: # 74365Post **Carberry** Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:25 pm

dx4100 wrote:
lutonlagerlout wrote:well put up all the decent contractors i could think of in the north west
maybe the OP is on "myfailure" trying to get it done for 3'and ha'pence :;):
LLL

What is myfailure ?

Is it cheap

Mybuilder and any other similar sites.

People put up jobs for tender with their own estimation of what it will cost which is usually completly innacurate. Tradesmen then pay mybuilder for these leads. Most of the people on there are idiots wasting tradesmen time.

dx4100 · Post: # 74366Post **dx4100** Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:39 pm

Ah right...

I am quite lucky to have a mate who renovates houses and he has list of contractors for most work you could think of who are good and reliable so I have had never had to resort to using such things.

The only person he didn't have a recommendation for was someone to do the drive / patio work. Then I found this place

So finger crossed I might have a recommendation I can pass on to him

Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:28 pm

well you have had a touch coming here first
dx4100 (snazzy name?)
yeah i was talking about mybuilder, mycompletewasteoftime is another acronym for all those sites and their ilk
unless you want to drive 60 miles to do a 6k job for Â£400,they are of no interest to real tradesmen
good luck with your work
LLL