Drive repairs

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Help! My drive needs sorting and o don't want to get ripped off so hoping someone can tell me what I need and give info on costs. Drive is paved with York flags, quite big flags but in a randomish pattern. 2 or 3 of the flags probably need replacing and there's an area that's v uneven so will need levelling and relaying. Also the cement? Grouting? between the slabs is patchy so loads of weeds grow through. Does anyone know if its possible to relay part of it or will the whole lot need redoing? And who am I looking for to sort it? And what do I ask for for sorting the inbetween cement bits out? Any rough ideas on costs per metre so I know if the quotes are reasonable, or would this be done on a day rate basis? Hate hate hate being a single middle aged woman asking for jobs like this! Thank you!

Our drive needed some repairs and I uploaded some photos to ChatGPT and asked what needed to be done. It gave me a breakdown of the materials needed and a step by step guide as to how to do it. We did it ourselves using the guide. Appreciate you probably won’t want to do this but you could use the work plan to guide you as to how long it should take and so what it should cost.

@Pottingup thank you! That's a great idea. I might be able to do it but it would take forever and probably wouldn't be great so id rather pay someone. But chatgpt will give me an idea of what they should be saying and quoting!