We would like to widen an existing dropped kerb by 7 foot. There is a £200 fee to apply any idea of the cost to do the work?

I’m sure my parents did something similar and it was another couple of hundred quid, ie stupidly expensive for what you want/they are doing!!!

I`d be suprised if you got much change from £600-700

especially if it needs to be finished in concrete. concretes roughly £50 a cubic metre… at 250mm thk you get 4sqm of surface per cube – you`ll need at least 2. plus steel a393 rebar and 150mm type 1 sub base aggregate. plus labour and kerbs.

Can you not just do what the folk with the Focus do opposite?

do you need to drop the kerb can you not just hard landscape the front area for parking

LA I used to work for charged £1500 and that was a few years back. You can get your own contractor but they need to be approved to work in public highway. Does the fee you’ve already paid include the sustainable drainage assessment?

I was quoted ~£350 for 2.5 metres a couple of years back by our LA. Will be getting it done this year as we’ve gone across the whole front with the drive now.

We had a completely new entrance / drop kerb done last year for a 3m opening + whatever amount they “flare” each side. It was getting on for £2k IIRC so VH’s estimate is probably not far off for a smaller one.

It looks OK in your pic, but if it involves moving any services (access pit for phone line, water meter) you’re in for a huge bill ! We just about avoided it.

We had ours adjusted from single to double. Was £625 last year. Didn’t think that was too bad.

There is a little cover by the left hand pillar where we can turn our water off.

I wouldn’t bother – just hard landscape the new bit to match and drive on to it.

do you need to drop the kerb can you not just hard landscape the front area for parking

If you cross a non dropped kerb to access you parking space, you run the risk of the council fining you. Also, landscaping would presumably need some sort of permission (ours did)p, and wouldn’t be granted without confirmation of the dropped kerb).

I’m intrigued though, looks like a narrow opening to go up your path?

Edit. I assumed that the drive was next doors?

Can’t see anything there needing permission – new needs to be permeable but all is do is fill in between the path and the existing drive.
£200 of ready mix and a 4×2″ on a morning and no one will have anything to say.
You already have the drop kerb you can drive over so aren’t doing anything “wrong”.

Van Halen can you let me know who’s supplying your concrete please 😉

We paid just under £600 for a new dropped kerb 4 years ago. Friends paid ~ 1600 for exactly the same thing. It’s really variable depending on area.

About £1600, but that included a manhole cover for a Virgin Media box… Needed council approval, photos, plans all that malarkey…

Don’t you need to pay for liability insurance too to the council or something as well ?

How much is hire of an angle grinder? (-:

£100 to £200 per kerbstone is a good rule of thumb. Don’t forget the council fee of £150ish.

Ours was over a grand, £1,400 maybe? It’s council specific, I’m in London

So I’ll give a serious answer. Any decent Groundworks outfit should have a street works ticket. This enables them to do such work legally and competently and they will have relevant public liability etc.Prices will vary. It’s an easy job which to be fair could be handled without the use of machinery other than hand held stuff. Looking at that pic it’s probably three kerbs at most to break out and be replaced with 2bnks and a dropper, quick reduce dig, bit of base course ans some 6mm wearing course. 2 men one day to piss it, but that would be broken up probably over two days. I’d say 750. Plus as mentioned above whatever the council want.
Oh and it doesn’t have to be done by the council before anyone tells you that.

^depends on the LA. I have worked around councils for years…we allow it, but I know (for instance) Leicester don’t.

Worth checking.

Not even for accredited subbies? I like derbyshire 😆

I know. It’s mad. We’re so overstretched (and perceived to be overpriced) that it makes sense to share it out.

Agreed, I’m sure council roads teams have far more pressing jobs to do than fannying around with people’s drives. What’s the lead time on getting it done then, 3+ months?