After many quotes from landscapers, we finally decided to go it alone and do most of the work ourselves. Ben just could not believe how much of a mark up the landscapers were putting on the many quotes we received. He's a pretty good handyman himself so I suppose we will be able to save heaps of money by doing things ourselves but it will be slow going for a while.
We made a start two weekends ago, before the rain came pelting down. The weather has been a major drawback. What happened to Spring?
Since we're putting down stepping stones and pebbles on both sides of the house, we laid down road base, levelled and compacted the base in preparation. This weekend we cemented in the stepping stones on a brick base and then laid Geotech fabric over the road base to stop the weeds from growing through. Then spread out 4 ton of Nepean pebbles.
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| Pavers laid on brick base |
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| Geotech fabric rolled out |
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| Nepean pebbles |
We are quite happy with the end result. Just need to add some potted plants. The deck goes in behind the pebbled area, but that project is for another day. It was really back breaking work and very hot as well. Very sunburnt and sore at the moment. Next weekend we have so much more work to look forward to.
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| View of the setting sun from our Alfresco area |
Wow... that looks fantastic. Your house is looking good :)
ReplyDeleteIt's worth the hard work when it looks as good as yours! Just know we too are slugging away!
ReplyDeleteYeah! I justs saw the work progressed very well. The scene of setting the sun is awesome from Alfresco area.
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