Lots of pictures...

Hello my blog readers!!
Apologies for lack of posts/pictures...sick children, myself and husband both sick, busy life in general...*sigh*

Without further ado...our back garden completed! The liquid limestone went down earlier this week and looks fabbo! Although no pictures of that...oh Tash! Will endeavour to get pics tomorrow and post ASAP...

But here are some landscape pics to whet your appetite :) Enjoy xxx

Landscaping

I have a secret I am keeping from my husband...*looks shiftly around* our front and rear landscaping has been started...hubby doesn't come home until next week, so he'll be very surprised when we bring him home!!!

They started today, digging trenches for the retic, they did that and then dug back over.
Some plants have been planted along the verge and also the side of the driveway, for now though they are finished.

It has been raining and raining all day and they had finally had enough (to be honest I was surprised that they had continued at it!) and would you guess?! The rain has stopped and the sun is shining! Hahaha, always the way!

They'll be back on Monday anyway, to finish off the retic (they have put the main pipes underneath just need to connect the actual sprinklers) finish putting in the plants and the turf will arrive on Tuesday! PHEW!

Photos to come. Going to see if I can figure out whether I can upload straight from my phone to here...

Tash xxx

The finished retaining wall.

Hello everyone!
Apologies for the delay in putting up the finished photos, been a bit busy with Perth life and sick kids and other 'day to day' things.

Here are pics of the finished wall and some of the finished off 'top' where the garden will eventually go. We have landscaping out the front included with our land purchase, so are awaiting them to come and do that, should be in a week or two. We had to level the top, so hired a compactor, which was a great idea as the sand is soooo soft, the garden would have dropped by inches within a few months if we hadn't done it.

Tash xx

It's almost finished.....

Photos, photos, photos.....

Well, retaining wall was started today, so without further ado....the photos :)

The wall

Photos to come later tonight (as they're on the mobile phone and my husband is out and has said phone LOL)

Husband made a wall last night in our family room which now holds the television on it, eventually the amplifier and other bits and pieces will be slotted in on the sides, so you can't really see them.

It is a bit of a change but something that we wanted to do, so we can ALMOST cross that job off the list.

I have also been calling around for quotes for the retaining wall we need out the front, but getting very frustrated with the lack of etiquette when it comes to these people keeping appointments.
Have had some just not turn up when they say they will.

So far had one quote, but obviously would like more.

The one quote we did get was quite good, but he wasn't going to help with getting the council approval (due to the wall being over 450mm in one place - it sort of starts high and then gradually 'disappears' if you understand that), soooo anyway, have found another one in the Yellow Pages (oh how I love that little yellow book!) and should have someone coming on Saturday *well fingers crossed and please cross for me* AND they do help with counil approvals. So YAY!

Anyway, much to do today!

Thanks for reading xxx Tash

Hey all!

Well we haven't really gotten much done, but I thought I would aim to put up some more pics.

My lovely husband has paved our fenced off area where the bins go, he continued the path from the driveway and it looks like it has been there all the time :) he did a great job of it!

He also put some 'trimming' on the floors, where they meet doorways, which finishes it off nicely. Obviously we still need to put some 'filler' in the other gaps and yes, skirting board eventually.

It is really nice living out here. At night you can hear the ocean crashing against the shore, yes, even from our house. It is such a nice sound and so much different to living in the bush.

Have ventured out a couple of times this past week and it hasn't been too bad. Although, the drivers here (yes I am going 'there') seem to like driving right up your bum, even though you're doing the speed limit and I am one of 'those' people that just puts the cruise control on the speed limit....hahahaha! Never had a speeding ticket and don't want one.