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Growing => Gardens => Topic started by: escapedtothecountry on August 03, 2012, 10:53:05 pm

Title: Bargain or not?
Post by: escapedtothecountry on August 03, 2012, 10:53:05 pm

I have tasked myself with laying a patio down the side of the new bit of our house. It is going to be quite large 10m by 5m. Anyway - the cost of even the cheapest paving slabs is a tad large. So onto ebay I went and bought what has been described as 5m by 5m of


 "PAVING BUILDING STONE. NOT SURE OF THE TYPE BUT IT'S YORKSHIRE OR COTSWOLD COLOUR WHEN CLEANED.[/size] "
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What do you reckon a fair price is. Let me add that we took our pick up truck and filled the back to the brim and haven't event got 1/4 of it so that given you an idea of how much there is.[/font][/size][/font]
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Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: bangbang on August 03, 2012, 11:38:13 pm

As a builder the price I would offer for 'crazy paving'  if they were a minimum of 45mm thick is £3/m2
I'm in the N/E of Scotland so price in your area....?

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: escapedtothecountry on August 04, 2012, 08:38:33 am

£92 which i dont think is bad for round here

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 04, 2012, 06:37:30 pm

No idea of price but it's going to look good.

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: bloomer on August 04, 2012, 09:38:53 pm

escaped thats a bargain trust me :-)


have fun laying them!!!

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: Sylvia on August 07, 2012, 08:00:50 am

But does you neighbour approve of the colour? ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: escapedtothecountry on August 07, 2012, 05:05:37 pm

Ha ha - funny how he hasn't actually spoken to us for 5 months since we didn't just roll over to his silly demands.

Title: Re: Bargain or not?
Post by: anderso on August 08, 2012, 02:05:59 am

colour it Yorkshire so must be alright (the cotswold is not bad as I live there) have a good time laying it, think of the back