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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:00 pm
by JuanKing
Evening chaps, firstly a long time stalker and am grateful of all the great information on here. Not sure if this is OK but couldn't find any members on the listing around this area. Essentially I require some hard landscaping doing and as I do not have either the time or contacts so hope its OK to post on here.
I need about 60m2 of patio slabs laying and adequate drainage for the back garden. Also need about 60m2 of old lawn removing and new turf relaying. The slabs are concrete wet cast Bradstone.
Then the front drive also needs doing, approx 40m2 of Marshalls Argent blocks then some suitable slabs which we are yet to chose.
Is there or could anyone please put me in contact with some professionals in the area?
I'd have liked to have tackled the back garden but being a new dad the Mrs is less than impressed with the idea of spending holidays and weekends digging......
Thanks
JK.
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:40 pm
by JuanKing
Nobody interested? This is a real request, if its of no interest then I'll go down the Marshalls and Bradstone "approved installer" route. Cheers.
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:46 pm
by rab1
I don't think anyone, contractor wise is on the forum that far up North, but the Boss might know someone. 
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:16 pm
by cookiewales
JuanKing wrote:Nobody interested? This is a real request, if its of no interest then I'll go down the Marshalls and Bradstone "approved installer" route. Cheers.
your along way up there even for me plus not a big fan of concrete you have some lovely granite in your town 
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:39 pm
by JuanKing
Thanks chaps. Yup, plenty of granite here, some of the blocks the house is built from about 100 years ago are huge. Plus there is only so much radon poisoning I can handle....
Cookie, my championship hangover from Saturday is only just improving!
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:51 pm
by London Stone Paving
Carberry landscapes are based near Edinburgh. Maybe Stuart will know somebody up there
Steve
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:57 am
by Carberry
Don't know anyone that far North unfortunately.
Is it in Aberdeen or near?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:14 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I used to know a crew of block pavers in dyce,but they were dog rough
working in sub zero temps with the van lights on does not instill confidence in me
my uncle just came back from inverbervie today,i hear there is a bit of snow on the way?
LLL
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:54 pm
by JuanKing
Evening chaps. Carberry, its in Aberdeen by Cults just a couple of miles out of the city centre. Yup, lots of snow around, I hear Inverurie (about 20 miles north) is bad but there's nowt in town so count ourselves lucky.
Its mad around this way, its pretty difficult to find good tradesmen which is crazy considering its a fairly recession proof due to the oil.
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:34 pm
by JuanKing
Well, looks as though nobody on here is either close enough or its too small a job. Just starting to get some quotes in for the whole job, landscaping, turfing and laying the patio. Also just had the first quote in for the front drive, it came in @8.5k for 60m2 where the blocks were 1k from Marshalls eBay store so 7.5k to prep and install!. This area could really benefit from some realistic and fair tradesmen. Cheers.
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:58 am
by lutonlagerlout
so the blocks are 1k
what are they sitting on?
were is the spoil going?
is the installer buying them from marshalls ebay store?
last time i bought argent they cost me £30 a metre so that is 2 grand for blocks
£8.5 k is a vaguely high price but i dont know the spec
it is not a rip off price by any means
LLL
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:31 am
by JuanKing
I get what you're saying and I have no issue with paying fair going rate prices but thought that was upper end.
Yes
Sub base
Farm
No
No, 1k for 60m2.
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:21 pm
by Carberry
JuanKing wrote:I get what you're saying and I have no issue with paying fair going rate prices but thought that was upper end.
Yes
Sub base
Farm
No
No, 1k for 60m2.
The stock on their ebay store is normally discontinued or something slightly wrong with it. Contractors won't buy it because it will just sit in their yard gathering dust on the off chance that somebody likes that colour and needs whatever amount you bought.
Unrealistic to base your prices off of that. Need to go off what the contractor pays for it at merchants which as LLL says is probably £30 a square metre.
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:44 pm
by JuanKing
Thanks Carberry. Yes the blocks were end of the colour batch but thought that to be alright as I only needed 55m2 plus 10%. So let's take the cost of the blocks off. So would you gents say 6.5k for the laying materials (no blocks), prep, spoil removal and laying was fair for 60m2? The site has easy access but is on a slight incline. Apologies for asking dumb questions but the Mrs is going mental. If its fair perhaps I should give up petroleum systems geology and retrain!
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:50 pm
by Carberry
JuanKing wrote:Thanks Carberry. Yes the blocks were end of the colour batch but thought that to be alright as I only needed 55m2 plus 10%. So let's take the cost of the blocks off. So would you gents say 6.5k for the laying materials (no blocks), prep, spoil removal and laying was fair for 60m2? The site has easy access but is on a slight incline. Apologies for asking dumb questions but the Mrs is going mental. If its fair perhaps I should give up petroleum systems geology and retrain!
It is a bit expensive. Hard to say for sure without seeing site, access, knowing the prices merchants charge in aberdeen but it does seem a little high.