Concrete Driveways in Carrum Downs

Growing estates

Carrum Downs has grown quickly with newer residential estates alongside established streets and industrial areas. New homes often need full frontages including driveway, crossover and paths.

Former swamp land

Much of the area was once part of the Carrum Carrum Swamp. Ground is generally sandy, sometimes over clay, with water sitting close to the surface in some low spots. We pay attention to excavation, base depth and drainage so the slab stays dry and supported.

Estate guidelines

Some estates have design rules for driveway finishes and colours. We check before you choose.

Popular choices

Charcoal coloured concrete and grey exposed aggregate are the most common finishes we pour for new homes here.

How we build driveways in Carrum Downs

Frankston ground, bay weather and council rules

Frankston sits where the sandy flats of the old Carrum swamp country meet the first hills of the Mornington Peninsula. Through Seaford, Carrum Downs, Frankston North and much of Langwarrin and Skye the ground is mostly grey or yellow sand, sometimes deep and loose, sometimes sitting over a clay layer that holds water after rain. Patterson Lakes and the low streets near Kananook Creek can have a high water table. Climb toward Frankston South, Karingal Heights, Olivers Hill and Mount Eliza and you meet heavier clays, weathered rock and steep blocks where water runs hard down a driveway in a storm. Near the foreshore, salt air reaches further inland than most people expect. Each of these needs a different base, fall and edge detail, which is why we dig and look before we price.

A driveway built entirely inside your boundary normally does not need a permit. The crossover, the section over the nature strip, footpath and kerb, is on council land. In Frankston, Seaford, Langwarrin, Carrum Downs, Skye, Karingal and Sandhurst that means a vehicle crossing permit from Frankston City Council. Mount Eliza falls under Mornington Peninsula Shire, and Patterson Lakes under the City of Kingston, each with its own crossover rules and standard drawings. Estate covenants in newer areas may also control driveway finishes and colours. We tell you at the visit exactly which approvals apply and look after the crossover paperwork.

What goes into a Frankston driveway quote

Our driveway quotes are broken into the parts of the job you can actually check. You will see the measured area in square metres, breaking out and removing the old driveway (concrete, brick pavers, asphalt, crushed rock or a cracked spray-paved surface), the excavation depth, the crushed rock base and how it will be compacted, slab thickness, the reinforcement and how it is supported, the finish or stone mix, saw-cut layout, grated drains and pits, the crossover and its council permit, and sealing if you want it. Items that only apply to some blocks, such as a concrete pump for a battle-axe lot, a skip on the street, a retaining edge on a slope or a temporary access plan while the driveway cures, are listed on their own lines.

You will not find a rate per square metre on this website. Two Frankston driveways of the same size can be very different jobs: one may be a simple pour on firm sand with good truck access, the next may need a tonne of old concrete broken out, clay replaced on a steep Frankston South block and a crossover rebuilt to current council standards. A rate would be wrong for most people, so we look at your site and price what it needs.