Concreters in Dandenong North, 3175
Driveways, shed slabs, paths and patios for Dandenong North homes. This is the most consistent replacement territory in the municipality: quarter acre blocks laid out in the 1960s and 1970s, brick veneer homes with their original single driveways, and decades of clay movement showing in every one of them.
Ground conditions in Dandenong North
The suburb sits on the same heavy clay as the rest of Greater Dandenong, with gentle falls towards the Dandenong Creek corridor. Slabs poured straight onto it without a compacted base crack along the middle and drop at the crossover, which is exactly how most originals here were built.
The jobs Dandenong North gives us
Replacement driveways lead: the original narrow single run, poured thin and unreinforced, replaced with a full width driveway on a proper base. Widening is the second theme, because a 1960s single driveway does not fit a modern family’s cars, and widening the crossover with it needs a council permit we flag in the quote. Behind the house it is garage and workshop slabs on the big back yards, and the long side paths these blocks were built with.
Finishes specified in Dandenong North
Exposed aggregate in warm grey stone suits the suburb’s clay brick frontages and hides the leaf litter from established gardens. Plain broom finish carries the side paths and shed slabs, and coloured concrete in slate or charcoal picks up the roof line on renovated homes.
Concreting cost in Dandenong North
Concrete driveways run $95 to $185 per m2 by finish, shed and garage slabs $110 to $150, paths $90 to $130 and patios and alfresco areas $100 to $180, supplied and laid. Removal of the old surface adds $35 per m2 including disposal, with exposed aggregate at the top of each range. Prices may vary with site conditions and variations; the written quote after a site measure is fixed. The cost guide and specification set out the detail.
City of Greater Dandenong permits
The City of Greater Dandenong requires a vehicle crossing permit before a crossover is built or widened. Since July 2022 applications go through the council’s online portal only, lodged with a site plan and the contractor’s public liability insurance, and the council inspects the work at set stages. Crossovers are built to the council’s standard drawings for the kerb type in the street, with a minimum width of 3 metres at the building line. A permit fee applies and fees change from time to time, so the current amount is confirmed at the quote. Where concreting forms part of a larger building or demolition project, the council’s asset protection permit scheme can also apply; most stand-alone residential concreting jobs sit outside its thresholds, and we confirm what your job needs in writing before anything is booked.
Nearby suburbs we also cover
Dandenong, Noble Park, Springvale, Keysborough, Dandenong South. See the full service area.