Cost to lower a drive



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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Where is this mate is it In Sunderland?
 
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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As said before, a photo, would be a big help
or diagram, preferably done in MS Paint
 
Am I not understanding this right? Why can’t you just dig the drive out and relay it flush with the pavement? You can hire a breaker, smash up all the concrete, dig it out and prepare the bed yourself for next to nowt. Then just get someone to re lay it.
 
Dave Herbal said:
Am I not understanding this right? Why can’t you just dig the drive out and relay it flush with the pavement? You can hire a breaker, smash up all the concrete, dig it out and prepare the bed yourself for next to nowt. Then just get someone to re lay it.
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I think you’re right TBF. So the kerb out front is normal height but the lip from the other to the drive is a foot. Needs digging out and relaying. Council approval not required, will be about 5k IMO.
 
Dave Herbal said:
Am I not understanding this right? Why can’t you just dig the drive out and relay it flush with the pavement? You can hire a breaker, smash up all the concrete, dig it out and prepare the bed yourself for next to nowt. Then just get someone to re lay it.
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By the sounds of it it would need about 500mm out.Not many blokes this day and age could dig that out .
 
Dave Herbal said:
Am I not understanding this right? Why can’t you just dig the drive out and relay it flush with the pavement? You can hire a breaker, smash up all the concrete, dig it out and prepare the bed yourself for next to nowt. Then just get someone to re lay it.
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Arrange the words into a well known phrase.
graft Yer wouldn't skin!!
 

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