For what it's worth I applied recently for a dropped curb to be installed at the front of my house in a small cul-de-sac and despite the horror stories associated with only one contractor being approved to do the work the estimate came in at =A3650 which I didn't think was
That sounds good to me. ISTR that I paid about £400 for the same thing 25 years ago! At that time, I got several quotes - but the cheapest was a newly-privatised bit of the local council.
Before you start see if you can find out from the council when they next intend to resurface your footpath. I got them to drop my kerb while resurfacing and they charged me a nominal £50 which I was quite pleased with.
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Andy R
You might have to wait a while. Despite living under the Borough of Wandsworth which was once known as the pavement capital of the UK, mine has never been resurfaced in 30 years - merely repaired. They did do the other side of the road in those pretty blocks, though. Now rather uneven. ;-)
Yes exactly, I'm sure it won't ever happen. The main road at the end of mine was done in recent weeks however and I thought maybe they could have done it then but the applciation wasn't processed in time.
Herts CC were in the papers not that long ago amid allegations of a monopoly over the dropped curbs and extrotionate pricing with upfront payments and delayed works. It could be that they've had to clean up their act.
I was recently given an estimate of ~£450 for Aberdeen, but we decided to worry about it later. Like, if we ever get a car. Damnit, I just realised we're due to have the pavements re-done anyway - have to see if I can persuade the foreman to do it anyway in the normal progress of work.
That'll be to cover the extra cost of granite...
At one time a pavement crossing upped your rateable value. Dunno if it has any effect on Council Tax. No relevance to me with my ribbon of front garden which would barely take a moped.
In our road the council offered half price crossovers when they did the pavements, probably to stop the gangs making a fortune on the side.
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I think you mean so that they could probably subsidise the job from people wanting dropped kerbs.
I checked with the foreman as they were packing their gear away - not going to be coming round the corner into my street next week, so it's a null question. But I'll ask around anyway.
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