Cost to lower a drive

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Nathan Gunn

Nathan Gunn

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Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house after renting for 5 years.

The first thing we will need to do in this house is lower the drive to allow us park the car there. Strangely the drive is about a foot above the ground level and a lot steeper than a standard kerb. We would be unable to add a ramp as this would go into the road too much so i'm thinking we'd need to cut it right back so the ramp is within our area.

Everywhere i'm looking for quotes is about dropping the kerb, which isn't quite what we need. Does anybody have contacts who could do this for us or have an idea of how much this will cost?

Thanks in advance
 


Nathan Gunn said:
Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house after renting for 5 years.

The first thing we will need to do in this house is lower the drive to allow us park the car there. Strangely the drive is about a foot above the ground level and a lot steeper than a standard kerb. We would be unable to add a ramp as this would go into the road too much so i'm thinking we'd need to cut it right back so the ramp is within our area.

Everywhere i'm looking for quotes is about dropping the kerb, which isn't quite what we need. Does anybody have contacts who could do this for us or have an idea of how much this will cost?

Thanks in advance
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Best put up a picture.

It sounds as though you want the drive lifted, Earth removed and then a new drive laid. Is that right?
 
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Nathan Gunn said:
Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house after renting for 5 years.

The first thing we will need to do in this house is lower the drive to allow us park the car there. Strangely the drive is about a foot above the ground level and a lot steeper than a standard kerb. We would be unable to add a ramp as this would go into the road too much so i'm thinking we'd need to cut it right back so the ramp is within our area.

Everywhere i'm looking for quotes is about dropping the kerb, which isn't quite what we need. Does anybody have contacts who could do this for us or have an idea of how much this will cost?

Thanks in advance
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any drains or owt under?
 
Nathan Gunn said:
Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house after renting for 5 years.

The first thing we will need to do in this house is lower the drive to allow us park the car there. Strangely the drive is about a foot above the ground level and a lot steeper than a standard kerb. We would be unable to add a ramp as this would go into the road too much so i'm thinking we'd need to cut it right back so the ramp is within our area.

Everywhere i'm looking for quotes is about dropping the kerb, which isn't quite what we need. Does anybody have contacts who could do this for us or have an idea of how much this will cost?

Thanks in advance
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38,457 including segregation
 
Do you need Council permission to drop a kerb? Only asking coz I've been watching a few Homes Under the Hammers during lockdown.
 
You’d still be dropping the kerb at the same time though. It’ll be £2k for the kerb and then god knows to level it enough to get the pitch right and then paving or whatever you get done. All needs to be done properly to satisfy the council.
 
George Kaplan said:
Do you need Council permission to drop a kerb? Only asking coz I've been watching a few Homes Under the Hammers during lockdown.
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Yes, you need to pay for a license AND the work has to be done by a certified contractor - the council will supply the list of people who are authorised.

At least, that's how its done in County Durham. Cost me about £1500 all in iirc, to turn my single drive to a double.
 
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