Exposed aggregate in Box Hill, 3128
Box Hill is two suburbs in one: high rise gathering around the station, and quiet brick and weatherboard streets a few blocks out where the knock-down rebuild wave from Balwyn and Blackburn meets townhouse development. The residential work is rebuild frontages and townhouse driveways, and exposed aggregate is specified on both, on the rebuilds for the facade, on the townhouses because a shared driveway in decorative stone lifts every unit’s street presence at once.
Ground conditions
The same eastern reactive clay, with the extra wrinkle that infill sites often carry demolition fill. What is actually under the surface is established at the site measure, and the base is corrected before anything is poured.
Stone and paste for Box Hill homes
Townhouse rows tend to run dark trim on light render, and a mid grey Dromana blend over natural grey paste serves the whole row without favouring one facade. Rebuilds follow the same logic as Balwyn North next door, charcoal for dark trim, buff for brick. Compact frontages here often pour the driveway, porch pad and bin path in one visit, one blend throughout, which reads cleaner and prices better.
Permits and the crossover
Whitehorse issues its vehicle crossing permit through the asset protection process, with the two permits usually lodged together, and requires an unused old crossover to be removed and the kerb reinstated. Identified with the quote, priced up front.
What exposed aggregate costs in Box Hill
Driveways run $130 to $185 per m², patios and alfresco $140 to $195, paths $130 to $180, resealing $18 to $30 with a minimum charge, and removal and replacement $165 to $220 including removal. Small paired pours are the Box Hill pattern and the cost guide explains why pairing saves; the written quote after a site measure is fixed.
City of Whitehorse crossovers in Box Hill
Covers Box Hill and Blackburn in our service area. The vehicle crossing permit and an asset protection permit usually go in together. Where a driveway is being relocated, council requires the old crossover to come out and the kerb and nature strip to be reinstated, which is priced into the quote rather than discovered later.
Nearby suburbs we also cover
Blackburn, Balwyn North, Doncaster. See where we work.