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 £650 which I didn't think was
*too* bad. Sure it could have been cheaper but from all the stories I
was expecting a lot more.
We shall see though what happens when they actually come to do the work.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
adder1969 wrote:

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 £650 which I didn't think was
*too* bad. Sure it could have been cheaper but from all the stories I
was expecting a lot more.
We shall see though what happens when they actually come to do the
work.

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.
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
adder1969 wrote:

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 £650 which I didn't think was
*too* bad. Sure it could have been cheaper but from all the stories I
was expecting a lot more.
We shall see though what happens when they actually come to do the
work.

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.

Rgds

Andy R

In article ,
Andy R wrote:
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.

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.
;-)

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy R wrote:
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.

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.

In article , Roger Mills wrote:
the horror stories associated with only one contractor being approved
to do the work the estimate came in at £650 which I didn't think was
*too* bad. Sure it could have been cheaper but from all the stories I
was expecting a lot more.
We shall see though what happens when they actually come to do the
work.

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.

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.

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Aidan
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:52 GMT, but posted later.

In article valid,
Aidan Karley lid
wrote:
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.

I was recently given an estimate of ~£450 for Aberdeen,

That'll be to cover the extra cost of granite...

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.

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.

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Aidan Karley wrote:
In article , Roger Mills wrote:
the horror stories associated with only one contractor being approved
to do the work the estimate came in at £650 which I didn't think was
*too* bad. Sure it could have been cheaper but from all the stories I
was expecting a lot more.
We shall see though what happens when they actually come to do the
work.
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.

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.


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.

"Stuart Noble" wrote in message
...

SNIP


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.

I think you mean so that they could probably subsidise the job from people
wanting
dropped kerbs.

In article , Stuart Noble wrote:
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.


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.

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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Aidan
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:31 GMT, but posted later.