Driveways in Cross Gates
Driveway quotes for Cross Gates, the east Leeds suburb: 1930s semis and post-war family housing where block paving is the default and frontage conversions are the most common job.
Driveways for Cross Gates' family streets
Cross Gates is classic interwar suburbia: semis and short terraces with front gardens built for one car and households that now run two. Brindle block paving is the default across these roads for good reason: it handles family use, repairs invisibly, and suits the brick and render of the housing stock. Tarmac with a block edge is the value alternative on bigger plots.
Making one-car plots work for two
The classic Cross Gates job is extending an existing drive sideways across the lawn, or converting the full frontage. That usually means a new or widened dropped kerb (Leeds City Council approval) and a drainage plan, since full-frontage paving over 5m² in impermeable material needs water to drain on-plot. Permeable block paving is increasingly the tidy answer.
Typical Cross Gates prices
A 40 to 55m² drive quotes £1,700 to £3,700 in tarmac, £2,300 to £5,300 in block paving. Widening jobs add kerb and edging work but reuse some of the existing base.