Plain concrete costs £60–£90/m² installed. Resin bound is £170/m² + VAT. That gap looks large — until you compare 20-year outcomes.
Cracking
Concrete cracks. UK ground movement, frost and tree roots guarantee it. Resin bound is flexible and moves with the ground.
Drainage
Concrete is impermeable and needs a soakaway or falls to a channel. Resin bound is SuDS compliant with no drainage engineering required.
Kerb appeal
Concrete adds nothing to property value. Estate agents in Cambridgeshire regularly cite resin bound as a £5,000–£15,000 kerb appeal uplift on a family home.
