Drop Kerb and driveway ideas

[Kegan75]

Hi all, wanting ideas for hard standing driveways. My front garden is currently half concreted (that's used as the driveway) and half grass garden. I wish to drop the kerb and have the whole front garden as hard standing driveway. I got quoted for tarmac, but think it will look a bit cr@p just black tarmac everywhere and the guy said cages and gravel wouldn't really work as the front garden is on a slope, paving bricks will probably cost a lot so was thinking of any other ideas? maybe a strip of paving bricks in the grass part wide enough for a car? or do the regs state that if you drop the kerb the whole garden has to be hard standing?

 

[jj4091]

It will probably cost you as much to drop the kerb by an approved contractor as it will to widen the drive.

 

[Kegan75]

had a quote of around £1500 to drop kerb and 5k for digging up front garden and tarmacing it

 

[cdbe]

Tarmac with block pavers - borders, parking bays, path, blingy designs, your house number etc all break up large areas of tarmac nicely.