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Thread #114480   Message #2442944
Posted By: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
17-Sep-08 - 08:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: Cost of laying a driveway?
Subject: BS: Cost of laying a driveway?
We are looking for a house to move to and we are considering several in Lancashire.
One otherwise nice one that we found has a problem in that the access is via a farm track that has seen better days. I want to know how much it is likely to cost me to relay it so that I can figure this in to the calculations on whether this house is for us or not.

At present the track is humped in the middle with grass growing but passable with care in my estate car and ceratinly OK for 4x4s but we would like to be visited by middle daughter who runs a Toyota MR2 sports car! (She's quite fond of her exhaust pipe).

Judging by Google earth it's about 230 yards long so we are not talking a small suburban driveway. It's also about 1000' up in the hills.

Beyond the property there is another 100 yards across another field (belonging to the next property) on a better farm track before you get to a reasonable road surface, but this part of the access is acceptable.

Anyone know about different surfaces and likely prices?