Renovations and Landscaping

Day 13 – Wednesday 29th November At 3pm on Tuesday the rain came in and saturated the site.  It rained heavily for at least 2 hours. Hence, we woke to

Day 12 – Tuesday 28 November Today the boys continued to remove soil from the site down to the skip bin.  They also dug the holes for the posts of

Day 11 – Monday 27th November Damo and John continued with the retaining wall slotting the last sleepers into place on either end.       Then it was time

Day 10 – Friday 24th November The day of the retaining wall. …and now to the front of the house and the removal of plants below the main bedroom to

Day 9 – Thursday 23 November The detailed measuring and placement of the steel posts for the concrete sleepers begin. John has a lot of concrete to mix and Wacker

Day 8 – Wednesday 22nd November The auger was attached to the digger and the holes for the sleeper posts appeared in no time.

Day 7 – Tuesday 21 November The cloudy days continue with the threat of rain a constant. The boys worked on preparing the side garden for the installation of the

Day 6 – Monday 20th November Disappointingly work on site was delayed by a week. But it’s action stations again with the concrete sleepers for the retaining wall being delivered.

Thursday 9th November Today the mighty little digger arrived. Access was difficult. First of all it was up the side of the house and around the back, negotiating the narrow

Tuesday 7th November – Melbourne Cup Day The day dawned bright and sunny.  Three men on the job today dismantling and carefully storing the glass pool panels. Next it was