A dropped kerb is not a one-size-fits-all job.
The street, the kerb type, the footway width, the depth of your front garden and the line of sight from your driveway all combine to make every property different. A 1930s semi on a quiet cul-de-sac in Northwick is a 1 day install with no surprises. A Victorian terrace on a busy stretch of London Road needs traffic management, careful utility tracing and a stricter visibility assessment. A new build estate in Warndon might already have the kerb dipped at the footway but the developer left an upstand at your gateway. We've seen all of it.
Pick the guide for your property type below. Each page covers the typical install, what makes that property type straightforward or awkward, the realistic price, and the kind of issues we look out for during the site visit. If you're not sure which fits your home, call us on 01905 412 949 and we'll talk it through.
• Dropped kerbs for terraced houses – the most challenging property type for a kerb drop, with tight frontages, often busy streets and shallow front gardens.
• Dropped kerbs for semi-detached houses – the most common property type we work on. Suburban Worcestershire streets, generous frontages, mostly straightforward.
• Dropped kerbs for detached houses – wider frontages, scope for double-width drops or multiple access points, premium kerb detailing.
• Dropped kerbs for bungalows – accessibility-focused level installs, often for blue-badge holders, smooth gradient through the footway.
• Dropped kerbs for corner plots – visibility splays at junctions, the choice of which road to drop on, more complex traffic management.
• Dropped kerbs for new build properties – retro-fitting where the developer left an upstand, matching modern estate kerb profiles.
What stays the same across every property type
The fundamentals don't change – full traffic management goes in before any kerb work starts, existing kerb units are lifted out cleanly, new lowered kerb and transitional splay kerb units are bedded on full-depth concrete, tactile paving is fitted where the kerb meets a footway crossing, and the footway is reinstated in tarmac to falls. Every install is left clean, every quote is written and itemised, and every kerb is built to last 30+ years.
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Step 1
Call 01905 412 949 to book a free property-specific site visit anywhere in Worcestershire.
Step 2
We assess your property type, frontage, kerb and footway. Written quote emailed within 24 hours.
Step 3
Book a date. We install your dropped kerb – typically a few hours on site, not days – and leave the footway tidy.
Tight frontages, shallow gardens, often busy streets. The most demanding kerb job – and the one we do most carefully.
The Worcestershire suburban classic. Generous frontages, mostly straightforward, our highest-volume property type.
Wider frontages, potential for double-width or twin access drops, premium kerb finishes.
Level access, smooth footway gradients, accessibility-focused installs for blue-badge and mobility users.
Visibility splays, junction proximity, choice of which road to drop on. Specialist consideration needed.
Retro-fitting where developers left an upstand kerb, matching modern estate kerb profiles cleanly.
Yes – modestly. The standard residential dropped kerb scope works for most semi-detached, detached and bungalow installs. Terraced jobs on busy streets may add traffic management. Corner plots and busy-road properties may need wider splays and stricter traffic management. New builds are usually the simplest – modern concrete kerb units lift cleanly.
Often yes, but the front garden depth and frontage width are the constraints. You typically need around 4.8m of off-street parking from the footway back to allow a car to pull fully clear. Many Victorian and Edwardian Worcester terraces have less than that, in which case a dropped kerb won't be the right fit. We'll tell you straight at the site visit. See our terraced house guide for detail.
Sometimes – estate developers occasionally leave a dropped kerb in place at the gateway. More often the kerb is a standard upstand and you'll need it dropped before driving in legally. Our new build guide covers the typical scenarios.
Yes – the proximity to the junction means strict visibility splays apply and you may need to drop on the quieter of the two roads. Sometimes the only viable spot needs a wider splay arrangement than usual. We assess both road frontages at the site visit. See our corner plot guide.
Yes – we install dropped kerbs for blue-badge holders, mobility scooter users and wheelchair users where level access from the highway to the property is needed. Bungalow owners are our most frequent accessibility clients. See our bungalow guide for detail on level installs.
Semi-detached homes in suburban Worcestershire – Warndon, Northwick, Dines Green in Worcester; Witton in Droitwich; Pickersleigh in Malvern. Standard frontage, modern concrete kerb units, predictable footway depth. Usually a clean 1–2 day install.
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