The railings for my garden were delivered and fitted just before I left for Japan, so here (finally) are the before and after images for the garden makeover (I’m having new front windows fitted on Wednesday).
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The landscapers have left and I have a new front and back garden to enjoy. Faster than the original schedule (by a week) and very reasonably priced (for the quality of work and materials). It’s not entirely complete as the blacksmith still hasn’t come up with a quote for my railings, but when that comes in it shouldn’t be too much hassle to get them (or an alternative) fitted and I can do proper before and after photos.
The front garden is now almost complete and the landscapers will be leaving tomorrow (to come back to do the railings if the blacksmith ever gets me that quote). All of the paving has been laid and tomorrow it just needs pointing.
The wall was topped off today and work on the paving started. The next few days are going to be paving, paving, paving.
The start of week three saw everything move to the front of the house and the collapsing front wall was rebuilt. It still needs its topping of engineering bricks, hence it’s shroud, but then it will be on to paving. The skip has attracted attention from a neighbour, it was one of the different ways to get to know a neighbour (at least they asked if they could use it rather than dump stuff in there in the dead of night).
Day 10 saw the struggle with the shed. It’s up (the doors will be attached on Monday). The patio paving was pointed and the lawn laid and watered in. That’s pretty much it for the back garden (apart from painting, planting and the railings – still waiting on a quote). Everything moves to the front on Monday.
Day 9 and the back garden is closing in on completion. The patio has been laid (but needs pointing tomorrow), and the lawn area has been levelled and raked ready for the turf to be laid tomorrow. The old skip has also been taken away and replaced with a smaller version.
Halfway through the second week of the garden renovations and the focus moved from the back to the front. The raised beds at the back were filled with lovely new soil and given a final coat of dazzling white paint. At the front the old wall was carefully dismantled and the gravel removed. Tomorrow the paving bricks will arrive for both front and back, and I will hopefully have a quote from the blacksmith for the custom railings (which won’t be able to be fitted until well after the rest of the garden is completed).
The retaining walls for the raised beds were finished off today, including having an extra skin built inside to add strength against the weight of soil. They also got their first coat of white paint (showing up the other walls). Tomorrow they will be topped up with soil and get their second coat. Work will then begin on the front while we wait for the paving bricks.
