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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2003 3:00 pm
by 76-1093879519
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:13 pm
by 84-1093879891
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 11:35 pm
by 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)
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:33 pm
by 84-1093879891
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.