Turning Your Front Garden into a Driveway

With parking being something that can be quite difficult in many towns and cities in the UK, turning your front garden into a driveway is a good way to ensure that you have a space to park your car that is your own.

Here are some of the things to consider before you start…

Regulations – It is worth checking if you need to have planning permission when you are making a big change like this to your home. You may need to consider things such as water run off to reduce the risk of flooding, so you need to work out how you can do this, and you also need to apply to the council to turn the kerb outside the front of your home into a drop kerb.

The practicality of your driveway is important but as it is going to be at the front of your home you will also want to balance this up with considering how the driveway looks. There are numerous materials that you can use and these have various benefits. For example, you can get concrete from places like this concrete Forest of Dean based company monstermixconcrete.co.uk/concrete-forest-of-dean and it is hardwearing and easy to maintain, but gravel is a great option if you are looking for a driveway that also has good drainage.

If other properties around you have added driveways, it is always worth looking at what they have done to inspire you!

In addition to having a guaranteed parking spot, having a driveway also means that your car is more secure. When you park your car on a driveway, it means that you are not paying as much to insure it. A driveway also makes your home more attractive to potential buyers should you want to sell.