Polaris resin driveway
Black base with light stone through it.
What it suits
Drives that want the weight of black without the flatness.
The detail
One of the blends built on a black base with jewels of colour set into it. At pavement distance it reads as a dark grey; close up it is clearly black with light stone.
Upkeep
Better than flat black at hiding dust.
What it costs
MyBuilder puts the premium for bespoke blends, recycled glass and marble aggregates at 30 to 50 per cent on material costs, against standard aggregates such as golden quartz or silver granite. On a 50m² drive, where materials run roughly £2,000 to £3,500 on the published rates, that is a few hundred pounds — real money, but rarely the line that decides the quote.
Polaris is a bespoke blend, so it sits on the premium side of that line. Across the whole job that difference is real but modest: the surface is £40–£120 per m² before groundwork, and groundwork is the line that actually decides the total.
Other black and charcoal blends
Black and charcoal
Modern and severe. More often a border or an accent than a whole driveway, though it does work as one.
Get quotes for a Polaris drive
Send the size, the surface and your postcode and the enquiry goes to installers covering your area.
Get resin driveway quotes
Tell us the drive and where you are. Your details go to installers who cover your postcode — we publish costs, we do not lay driveways, and nobody gets your number until you send this.
- We are a cost guide, not an installer — so we have nothing to gain from talking the price up.
- Your postcode decides who hears about it. No postcode, no route.
- Three quotes is the standard advice, because the same job varies 20 to 30 per cent between firms.
- No number is a quote until someone has stood on your drive.
Estimates on this site are arithmetic on published cost-guide rates. They are not quotes, not offers, and not based on seeing your property.