How much should I expect to pay for a driveway?

[The2Ateam]

We moved into our new house some months ago and we have decided we would like to turn our front garden into a driveway as parking is limited on the road.

It’s quite large, I estimate parking three cars comfortably and four at a push. It’s currently soil and grass with a concrete path up the middle.

We’re in SE London/Kent boarders. I would love to know how much I can expect to pay for turn it to a driveway. I think we would go for standard brick. Thank you.

[longearedbat]

If you reckon on a rough guide of £100 per square metre you won't be far out. Driveways are expensive!

[Frankier88]

I am also on the London/Kent border and have just been quoted £10,000 for block paving, but we have a huge driveway, it's 200 square meters, enough space for six cars. So works out about £50 per sq m. Bloody expensive and we won't be having it done any time soon 😫

[The2Ateam]

Update!! We have been quoted £12k!

I nearly fell over.

[Titsywoo]

We just paid 7k for block paving on about 100sqm of drive. There was crazy paving with tarmac underneath it so they had to dig down quite deep. We are surrey/London border.

[pastaparadise]

haha - we were quoted 17k for bound resin. Needless to say it still hasn't been done!

[NeverTwerkNaked]

The planet will thank you if you don't turn it all into a driveway

[The2Ateam]

Yes, we are keeping some of the grass as would like to plant shrubs etc but that doesn’t seem to be helping with the cost tbh.

[stridesy]

For our whole driveway (resin) we were quoted £4K. We instead went for half with gravel about £800. (East anglia)

[BitchyArriver]

£12K seems horrendous but will it add to the value of your property? I would imagine it would.

Where I live (city centre) a garage can go for £120,000.

[Africa2go]

NW - Paid £7k for block paving (large enough for 2 cars) with raised edge.

[ThereIsIron]

Do you already have a dropped kerb OP?

[donquixotedelamancha]

We paid £2100 for tarmac a couple of years ago. Our drive is about 35 m2 and can fit 4 cars Our neighbour paid the same firm well over double for an identical job.

While material makes some difference I think an awful lot of firms quote silly prices. We just kept saying no and they just kept dropping. If they hadn't we'd have gone somewhere else.

[DontMakeMeShushYou]

Our driveway has parking for 3 cars, possibly 4 at a push, and we had it block paved a couple of years ago for around £4.5K.

[fussychica]

We had an estimate for £3k plus VAT for tarmac and it's only big enough to fit one car on. We aren't having it done. South West.

[Oppopotomouse]

We paid £8K and it fits about four cars.

[ScabbyBabby]

£1200 for a cheap gravel drive with a cobble border. It looks ok! Will try and find a photo.

[ScabbyBabby]

Nothing special but better than the dirt/broken tarmac that was there before.

[Applejack87]

How long did it take the council to approve your application ?

[FurierTransform]

@ScabbyBabby

Nothing special but better than the dirt/broken tarmac that was there before.

I think that looks great, & for what, 1/10th of the price of getting it block paved based on the other replies? a complete no-brainer IMO;
Also better for the environment, and warding off burglars.

[ReadySteadyBed]

@ScabbyBabby that is my favourite kind of drive! Good to know it’s cost effective! Did you do it yourself or get a pro?