Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Mar 08, 2012 8:22 pm Guys, Handover is in approx. 8 weeks so we have gone into overdrive mode organising fencing, driveway, landscaping, windows coverings etc etc. Just heard back from a company that does the lot i.e. driveway, paving, retaining wall, landscaping etc. He has quoted me $20,000 for.. - exposed aggregate driveway. garage is about 6.5m wide with 6m setback. - plain concrete paving 900mm around the house. the house is approx 15m wide and 21m long. - retaining wall of 900mm tall out the front so that we will have flat lawn. about 10m wide with 6m return on each side. double brick retaining wall filled with concrete in between. We will use the 700-800 bricks leftover from building and he will supply another 500 bricks. - exposed aggregate porch area and alfresco area totalling 20m2 or so. We have seen thier work and its top quality. But does $20,000 sound about right for that amount of work? Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 3Mar 08, 2012 8:50 pm B STAR u need to break up the jobs and type. You need to actually work out the square meters for concrete. i know i should get the breakdown from him but if it is already a very very good deal, i would rather not annoy him making him sit through the night and re-write the quote. I guess that's the reason why i am asking for your take on this. so is this a good deal? Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 4Mar 09, 2012 7:52 am When i mean break Down i mean work out exactly how many square meters of concrete you have so we can get an idea. Also from past experience when people round up to round figures then they are usually trying to make as much money as they can. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 5Mar 09, 2012 8:23 am B STAR When i mean break Down i mean work out exactly how many square meters of concrete you have so we can get an idea. sorry i misunderstood i thought my first post was quite clear. anyway, i will be needing approx driveway - exposed aggregate - 7m x 7m = 49m2 porch and alfresco - exposed aggregate - 4m x 3.5m + 2m x 3m = 20m2 paving around house - plain concrete - back 18m2 + LHS 21m2 + RHS 16m2 + front 10m2 = 65m2 retaining wall - double brick - 20m2 (although we will be supplying more than 50% of the bricks). hope this is easier to work out the cost now? Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 6Mar 09, 2012 8:49 am I have been quoted $100 psm for exposed aggregate and $80 for plan concrete so going on that your break down will be something like this: driveway - exposed aggregate - 7m x 7m = 49m2 $4900 porch and alfresco - exposed aggregate - 4m x 3.5m + 2m x 3m = 20m2 $2000 paving around house - plain concrete - back 18m2 + LHS 21m2 + RHS 16m2 + front 10m2 = 65m2 $5200 retaining wall - double brick - 20m2 (although we will be supplying more than 50% of the bricks). $7900 ? personally i would get another quote as i would expect some sort of discounting if i was giving someone a 20k job. These prices are what i have been quoted in Adelaide. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 7Mar 09, 2012 8:54 am Ok so we have 70 square meters exposed ag = $8000 Plain concrete = $6000 Foundation for Retaining wall. $1500 additional Bricks $500 Bricklaying extras $250 Bricklaying $1500 I get $17750. I have been fairly modest with my allowance and they are not the cheapest. Based on these figures tell him if he can do it for $18K for the same conditions he has got the job (incl GST). That should be more than fair. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 9Mar 09, 2012 9:59 am thanks blacklab and B STAR. i was quoted $22500 + gst initially but managed to haggle it down to $20000. i thought i did well but looks like i definitely need another quote or two from different people. do you guys happen to know anyone who does 'the lot' and is good at what he does? someone in mernda/doreen area or someone who doesn't mind travelling? Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 10Mar 09, 2012 3:01 pm H1 member recommended lmpact paving services 11972228 Greensborough Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 11Mar 09, 2012 6:00 pm pattycake4 H1 member recommended lmpact paving services 11972228 Greensborough Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 12Mar 09, 2012 6:05 pm I can highly recommend Blue Gum landscapes. Mark lives in Doreen and is great. He did an excellent job constructing one of the retaining walls out the back of our place. Very professional and good workmanship. He also kindly fixed up the mistakes made by the last tradesman who erected the previous retaining wall. Blue Gum Landscapes 0424 369 674 Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 13Mar 28, 2012 10:50 am I am with Rowena, Mark did our Pergola, some paving, fixed our retaining wall and landscaped our front garden. He built our steps to the front door with old railway sleepers and they look great. He is a really great guy and is a perfectionist. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 14Mar 28, 2012 10:53 pm thanks pattycake4, rowena and deb17. i will ring both impact paving and blue gum. i have heard a lot of good things about impact paving but i also like perfectionist.. i may have a hard time choosing between the two. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 15Mar 29, 2012 11:38 am If you need another concreting quote try Ronnie at RPC concreting, he is from Bundoora. Did our exp agg driveway and plain colours down the dead side and back of house. Did a good job and at a competitive price. Check out my thread for photos. Definately get a few quotes for each job and for the ones who will do all the jobs, get a breakdown for each job separately. Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 17Mar 31, 2012 10:30 pm Has anyone dealt with Luke from LTF Landscape before? Are you happy with his work? Rang Mark of Blue Gum. Mark only does retaining wall, decking etc and he recommended Luke for driveway and concrete paving. Seen one of the driveways he did and it looked okay. Re: driveway + paving + retaining wall = $20,000!! 20Apr 02, 2012 9:46 pm deb17 A couple of people on the Doreen forum use Shannon SMA Conctete 0418126945 and say he is really good. I have heard he is 2. Thans deb17. just given shannon a call. will be meeting him on site this saturday. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17855 As is per usual for many of the past failed RWH regulations, it is probably traceable to a bureaucrat who's ego overrode the need to seek the appropriate expert… 1 988 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5179 |