terrysgirl33
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Hi! Partly for our own enjoyment, and partly to make our house more attractive when selling, I'm considering enlarging our driveway. The house is an ordinary three bed semi, 7 years old. The front is half brick, half painted and there's a six foot brick wall to one side of the driveway. The front garden is open plan. The reason for doing the driveway is to enlarge it so that three cars can park in the front (currently plenty of room for two, one in front of the other) and to give more room at the side of the car for getting children in and out.
What is the best surface option? Cobblelock, gravel, tarmac, concrete??? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? DH is convinced that cobblelock is out because it develops 'dents' under where the wheels of the car are parked, and it would be full of puddles and weeds, so what is the most suitable surface for car parking?
Would it be worth getting the front garden landscaped? It's very plain, just grass with shrubs in the end (put in by the builder) so it could look a lot better, and I'm wondering if it would be better to get it laid out so that we get enough paved space where we need it (I'm afraid of planning the job ourselves and finding the shape we chose doesn't work)
What is the best surface option? Cobblelock, gravel, tarmac, concrete??? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? DH is convinced that cobblelock is out because it develops 'dents' under where the wheels of the car are parked, and it would be full of puddles and weeds, so what is the most suitable surface for car parking?
Would it be worth getting the front garden landscaped? It's very plain, just grass with shrubs in the end (put in by the builder) so it could look a lot better, and I'm wondering if it would be better to get it laid out so that we get enough paved space where we need it (I'm afraid of planning the job ourselves and finding the shape we chose doesn't work)