How we price
No guesswork, no 'from' prices. For each material band we read real, VAT-inclusive prices from a basket of named suppliers — national sheds, specialist online merchants, and independent regional yards — and use the average. Here's the latest basket, receipts and all.
Prices checked August 2026
The material bands
Each band's £/m² is the average of its basket below. Promotional prices were swapped for the pre-sale price where a sale was on.
Lower price (e.g. concrete)£28/m² basket average
- Marshalls (direct)Richmond Utility 450×450£26.64/m²
- Glasgow Aggregates (Ayrshire)Grey concrete 600×600×50£27.00/m²
- B&QBradstone Peak 600×600 pack£29.03/m²
Average price (e.g. sandstone)£31/m² basket average
- Stone Paving DirectKandla Grey 22mm patio pack£22.79/m²
- AC Pavings (Nottinghamshire)Rosemount Indian sandstone 19m² pack£23.95/m²
- Universal PavingRaj Green 600×600 22mm pack£25.55/m²
- NustoneKandla Grey calibrated 22mm kit£25.93/m²
- B&QLondon Stone Kandla Grey 900×600 pack£34.72/m²
- RF Landscape Products (E. Yorkshire)Kandla Grey calibrated 30mm£50.40/m²
Higher price (e.g. porcelain)£34/m² basket average
- StonewiseRaj Green 600×600×20mm pack£21.50/m²
- AC Pavings (Nottinghamshire)Valencia porcelain pack£24.16/m²
- Stone Paving DirectHammer Grey 600×600×20mm£24.47/m²
- Paving SuperstorePrimary Range Raj Green 900×600£24.64/m²
- NustoneSilver Grey 600×600 R11 crate£26.18/m²
- B&QLondon Stone Steel Grey 20mm pack£46.63/m²
- RF Landscape Products (E. Yorkshire)Chorus White porcelain£46.80/m²
- WickesMarshalls Symphony Smooth 595×595£53.39/m²
The independents in the basket: RF Landscape Products (East Yorkshire), AC Pavings (Nottinghamshire), Glasgow Aggregates (Ayrshire) and AWBS (Oxfordshire). None of them know we exist — that's the point.
One thing the research shouted
Where you buy now matters more than what you buy. Calibrated Indian sandstone delivered from a specialist runs cheaper than branded concrete slabs from the big sheds. The 'posh' stone being the cheap option surprised us too — it's why we price from baskets, not folklore.
The work side
Labour, dig-out and skip figures come from the 2026 trade cost guides (Checkatrade, MyBuilder, MyJobQuote, PriceYourJob), live day-rate indexes, and skip-price surveys — cross-checked against each other. London labour runs roughly a quarter above the national average; skip prices follow their own postcode lottery entirely.
Honest caveats
- Prices move. The date stamp on every page is the day we last read them.
- Delivery changes small-order economics — specialists bundle pallet delivery into their £/m²; sheds charge for bulky bags.
- Your quote depends on access, ground and how busy local trades are. We show ranges, not promises.