The Brew Cabin

brilliant web site.

i am planning a 35 sqm front drive which borders two neighbour's properties. One side is flower bed and the other is loose paving slabs.
i would be interested to hear comments as to how i can reconcile the requirement for 100mm wide haunching on my edging blocks & ideally wanting to use the edge blocks as a definition of the boundary. What are my options?

ta

Well, you can reach agreement with your neighbours for the concrete haunching, which, when done properly, should be invisible at surface level, or, you can set the paving inside your own boundaries, leaving a, say, 75-100mm gap between the outside edge of the paving and the actual boundary, which can be dressed with soil or gravel or something like that, or,you can use one of the Alternative Edging Restraints to minimise or avopid intrusion onto your neighbours' property.

On the side where the neighbour already has a pavement, then the concrete haunching can go beneath the outermost edge of their paving which would need to be relaid (at your expense, of course). Most reasonable neighbours are quite happy with this.

On t'other side, you'll have to hold discussions with that neighbour to find a suitable compromise. It may be that they are perfectly happy to accepot a hard edging that not only acts to restrain your drive, but forms a neat and tidy edge to their flower bed at the same time. :)