60m2 block paving driveway

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bud
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Post: # 7520Post bud

hi,i am thinking about replacing my concrete driveway with block paving!i have had a quote for digging up old and replacing with block paving!the size is 60 m2,the price i have been given is £4,320!do you think that i am being ripped off
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suki
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Post: # 7530Post suki

well we charge per sqm £50, thats for everything, but it depends where u are in the country i know prices vary.
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Tony McC
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Post: # 7545Post Tony McC

Good to hear from you again, Suki! Been busy?

50 quid per square metre is about the average for most contractors north of somewhere around cambridge-Towcester-Gloucester. It's a bit pricier south of that, and a little bit cheaper in parts of NE Eng-er-land, Scotland and Norn Iron.

4320 quid is 72 quid per square metre, which is 61 quid excluding the VAT, which isn't excessive given the existing concrete drive has to be jack-hammered out and got shut of. However, as I say time and time again, if you get only one price, don't come crying to me if you find yourself being ripped off. Always get at least 3 quotes.
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the manager
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Post: # 7734Post the manager

itl be getting cheaper in the ne-of england soon.
watch this space lol.something exciting is happening within the next 6 weeks.
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Tool
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Post: # 7737Post Tool

Well i always find that cheaper is not better, cheaper usually means they are short of work meaning they have a poor standard of work.

Get three quotes and go for the middle one is the usual rule, if you go for the cheapest then u might get half a drive lol.
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Tony McC
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Post: # 7754Post Tony McC

More enigmatic comments from "The Manager" - perhaps you'd like to give me a call and confirm or deny what I think the news may be? I'm sure you have my number! ;)
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