Under Re-Construction

Whether or not there is such a thing as

"an offer you can't refuse..."

is seriously debated in our household.

Keep that in mind when I tell you three years
ago a builder offered us a serious reduction on
one of his spec houses. He had two houses he had
built on speculation and he needed to free up
money for another commercial project.

We bought the house and, as money allows, we have
been slowly completing the projects that provided

the serious reduction in price from the builder.

Our latest project was replacing the front walkway:

and extending the patio in the back of the house...

The front walkway seemed out of place for the
house. It had a modern appearance and was as
straight as a bowling alley. The builder put in
cement blocks, with spaces in between for
plants, which became a hazard more than a
walkway since the plants continually died and
left gaps between the blocks.


All that had to be jack-hammered out and carted away.
Good riddance!

We widened the stoop outside the entry.

We did this by removing the two planting areas

on either side of the old walkway that held two

 little trees, which never did well, and then

flanged the walkway at top...

 We also flanged the area at the bottom of
the walkway too as it leaves the main
sidewalk...

Then we changed the walkway from straight
to curvy to give it a more cottage-y look.

The crew placed two pipes cross-wise in
the walkway area to provide tubes under the
concrete for access for future lighting wires
and for sprinkler pipes and equipment.

Thanks for stopping by!
I'll be back when we're more completed.

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