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to cut a long story short, quoted £8000 for imprinted concrete garden..untold problems, i held back £4000 until they put things right, still isnt right, this is over 18 months, its been dug up twice, i have been threatend by
one of the partners, am i within my rights to offer them £2000 to leave it as it is and to be over and done with, even though i have a corner which is completely different to the rest of the garden?

****Thank you all for your constructive adivise, i have contacted the company and they said they were going to come and look at it, Guess what, they didnt come!, i will keep you all updated as things happen, THANKS AGAIN ***

Builder laid patio, without hardcore on clay. Convinced me I didn't need it. Second time it was laid in six months, same guy. Any ideas.

mother in law had hexagon slabs laid maybe 30 years ago!the area is approx 30sqaure Metre's sloping slightly down from the back of the house into the garden!mortar in between slabs is loose and some slab faces have perished.A builder has told her slabs can be tarmacked over!is this possible?

Thanks thats all very helpful but I dont really want tarmac or shingle I have remeasured at 700 sq m can I get block paviour at say £25 psm total budget £17,500

I bought this house in 2003 and at that time ,I paved the front court,and the strom water drainage pipe which was going in ground was cutt off(by the builder) at the floor level and it is same since then,mean all the rain water which comes through guttering,throws all the water at near the foundations of my house,Now my next door has a problem with some subsidence and the surveiors has written to me that the strom water from house is entering my next door house's foundation etc too,(its a terrace house and my strom water pipe is just next to next foors boundry)so they have asked me to sort it out,as per law the strom water drain has to be 3 meter away from any property,
So what i did today,I just cut the pipe ,put a bend ,and run it straight in to street,by extending the pipe,now the strom water goes directly into street,which is about 4 meter away from anyone property

My question is ,did i did it right?any council issue?
Can my next door still complain?I bet cant,because there is No water going to there property anymore,and its more than 3 meter away from there property,even if its not proper but they cant complain,can they?

Please clarify

hiring somebody to do my driveway and i was told digging can be done in half a day