Concrete driveway advice (pics included)

Oh yes it's proper cowboy job and I'm not denying it. There's also a lot of loose stones to sweep up which I'll do tomorrow.

Normally I wouldn't be happy about the splashes on the walls and agree they should have used something to cover them, but I'm painting the walls in masonry paint anyway so they will be covered up.
 
Wooh just been quoted £750 to drop the kerb, that's more than I paid for the concrete slab! Waiting for someone else to quote to compare prices. Obviously they are authorised kerb droppers, not cowboys who did my concrete slab. :)
 
gav_172 said:
That's quite cheap IMO. Think they have to pay circa £250 to the council for the license and inspection fee before they've even done anything! Think we paid over £1k for ours.
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Yeah not saying it's a bad price, just making joke about it being more than the slab (which would have cost more if I had used pros).
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Yeah usually the council has a list of approved contractors for kerb dropping
So they know it won't be done by a
Bunch of cowboys
Which is fair enough but puts the cost up
Leading to the problem of people who think it's OK to put a bit of wood in the
Gutter to bump up over the kerb
Then they get the right arse when someone blocks their driveway because
It's not been legally done properly
Happens all the time here
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Bumping up the kerb isn't the problem as it's not very high and I was doing it before I had the concrete done. I just want it to be legal and with the law on my side to stop people from blocking me in.

They are advertised as kerb droppers so lets hope they are authorised to do it. He didn't ask me anything about the council so I assume he sorts it all out with them and that I don't have to ask council myself for permission first.
 
The big but is that I can't stop anyone parking on the opposite side and as the road is only 2 car wide (back street) it would make it difficult getting out if they were parked directly slap bang in the centre.
 
Yeah my back yard is 2 car wide and sits 2 cars side by side comfortably and the drop kerb quote is for the whole width. If someone parked opposite but only half over then I'd still be able to swing out.

Luckily most people park on my side of the road as the opposite side have a road at the other side of their houses and they all mostly park there as it's more convenient for them. It's just a scenario of what could happen that I can't control.
 
Yeah I've been reversing in since I got the concrete done and parking in the middle of the yard to the side of the drain manhole cover.
 
All change. Thanks to all you National Lottery players out there! :D

Just waiting on electric roller garage door to be installed + I'm replacing the temporary wooden gate for a composite one. :cool:

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I could put a light roof over the top in future.

New house a possibility in the future but I'll not sell this I'll just rent it out.
 
The concrete that I had put down in 2020 has now been ripped up and block paving installed.

Mind the block paving company had a job getting it up, even though it looked crap it was very chunky to get up.
 
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Way much more + the whole yard has been done where as the concrete in 2020 was just half the yard.

£3.7K for the paving and an extra £600 for the dropped kerb/pavement outside.
 
Hagar said:
Actually without being there 100 years ago, it was probably cobbles or setts rather than concrete.
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Definitely not. Would have always have had concrete/cement surface since built. Certainly no cobbles under what was the old outside toilet/outhouse.
 
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