Win more driveway work — chase your quotes before summer's booked up
You measured the drive, priced the block paving, sent it over… then nothing — and there's only so much dry weather in the diary. A quick follow-up wins back work you'd already quoted, and Chas'up makes sure it happens before the customer takes the next firm's price.
The driveway quotes that go quiet
Surfacing work is big money and slow to decide on, so quotes slip away if they aren't chased:
- Block paving & permeable drives
- Resin-bound & resin-bonded surfacing
- Tarmac & asphalt drives
- Pattern-imprinted concrete
- Gravel, shingle & SUDS drives
- Patios — porcelain, natural stone & flags
- Dropped kerbs, drainage, edging & groundworks
A driveway is one of the biggest jobs a homeowner will buy from a trade, so they take their time and gather a few prices. That's exactly the quote that goes cold — and gets won by whoever followed up while the customer was still deciding.
Why driveway firms lose quoted work
Two things stack up against you. The job is expensive, so the customer sits on it and lines up other quotes — and the season is short, so the weeks you spend not chasing are the weeks the dry-weather slots fill. You're on the drive laying blocks all day and the quoting happens of an evening, so it's easy for one to slip through. The firm that sent a friendly nudge lands the job; the price that went quiet gets forgotten.
How to chase a driveway quote (without being pushy)
Send a friendly nudge around three days after the quote, then widen the gaps. Keep it helpful, not salesy — offer to talk through materials or colours, mention you can get them in the diary while the weather holds, and give them an easy out. A quick WhatsApp or text gets seen far faster than email, and photos of past drives go down well there. Here's the kind of thing that works:
Cheers,
[Your name] ([Business])
Grab more ready-to-send wording in our free quote follow-up templates, and the full method in how to chase a quote without being pushy. Still tracking quotes in your head or a notebook? See 7 ways to keep track of quotes — free tracker spreadsheet included.
See it in action — the 30-second demo Watch Chas'up write the chase and open WhatsApp ready to send.
Let Chas'up do the chasing
The hard part isn't writing the chase — it's remembering to when you're on the drive all day chasing the weather. Chas'up keeps a list of your open quotes, tells you who to chase today (with the £ on the line — and on driveways that's real money), drafts the message in your words, and opens WhatsApp, text or email ready to go. You read it and press send — nothing fires off on its own, and it stops the second you mark a job won or lost.