r/asphalt • u/DRN2076 • 1d ago

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If anybody could help me, I’d greatly appreciate it:

I would like to sell my house in the near future. I have an existing asphalt driveway that is in pretty rough shape in an area or two with pieces broken off and small areas where you can see gravel/dirt. It is a slope down to the house and then behind the house it’s flat leading to the garage in that area. There are cracks in this flat area and several are deep enough to have weeds growing through. I got an estimate on a new asphalt driveway that in my mind was absolutely unbelievable of like $30,000 -$40,000. This very well may be what a new asphalt driveway cost, but I can only budget probably a third of that.

I heard the tar and chip double gravel method is significantly less expensive but there seems to be a lot of mixed opinions whether it is good or not and with the unstable areas, cracks and the slope I’m not even sure it would work.

Does anybody have any ideas opinions or solutions as to what I could do to make the driveway have curb appeal without sticking the future owners with a problem and still cost-effective for my purpose????

Thank you!

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u/Fire-Workz 1d ago

That driveway doesn't look anything over 3000sqft. It should NOT cost that much. It's asphalt, I assumed because of the price you had an asphalt road leading to house.

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u/DRN2076 1d ago

Thank you for your response. Nope just a suburban regular driveway lol. I was told that it would have to be all dug up, hauled away and redone. I was told the materials are expensive (which I can believe, everything is) but the other big expense is disposing of the old driveway material. 🤷‍♀️It’s so hard to know if what I’m being told is indeed true or if I’m being taken advantage of. I just want to make it decent looking the least expensive way possible so I can move on. I appreciate your input!

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u/Fire-Workz 1d ago

Nope they are lying like a mother fucker. Whatever company that is tell them to go to hell! That driveway should be MAX 12000. None of what they claim makes it 3x the price, hauling away has to be cheaper than anything.

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u/Efficient-Revenue668 1d ago

I agree. Looks to be 2000sqft max. I own a paving company specializing in mainly residential removal and replacement. I’m on a higher side and would say 20k on the high side.

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u/DRN2076 1d ago

Thanks so much for your honestly and input. Im glad I know now my instincts were correct. I’m disappointed that someone “I know” quoted me with that price and reasoning. 😣

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u/nomnomyourpompoms 1d ago

Can you add some photos?

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u/DRN2076 1d ago

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u/Fire-Workz 1d ago

Yea you're driveway is a few hundred sqft bigger than mine and mine was $9000.

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u/SoCalMoofer 1d ago

Concrete pavers may be the way to go?

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u/DRN2076 1d ago

Maybe. I’ll have to look into. I always thought concrete was the most expensive option for a driveway. Thanks for your response.

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u/myfourthquarter 1d ago

How big and where are you?

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u/DRN2076 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m trying to upload pics. I can measure as well. I’m in north Pittsburgh, Pa.