There's a lot to love about tarmac driveways – but my mum has one, and there are a couple of reasons she’s rethinking her driveway design

Street of semi-detached houses with tarmac driveways off a main road.

If your driveway is in dire need of an upgrade, you'll need to carefully research your options.

There are a range of driveway materials available, all with their pros and cons. But while online fact-finding is always helpful, it's also useful to talk to your friends and family about the material they have to get their honest opinions on what it's like to live with. And that's exactly what I did.