Sir Walter Arrives

After 3 long months of dirt and dust we finally got around to laying our grass. Well, technically we paid for the grass and my very generous parents provided the manual labour while we were at work yesterday!  I'm hoping the wait for spring will help our grass grow well and not go brown and dry. 

I'm really happy with our facade which is nearly finished now. Once the garden grows it will be much more lush and colourful, plus we will be adding some slatted colourbond gates on each side in white.

Next outdoor jobs are finishing the side gardens/landscaping and eventually tiling the portico/alfresco. 

Slowly but surely we are getting there! 

The Front Yard

My posting has been a bit limited over the past few weeks as we have done lots of odd jobs around the house but nothing has been entirely completed yet. We had McDonald Jones come back to attend our maintenance last week and the majority of issues we raised have been fixed now. I'm not sure how long some of the fixes will last, especially on outdoor items like the wood on our front poles but I suppose the reality is that things do deteriorate over time.

After lots of indecision we finally had our front garden bed edged using Kwik Kerb. It ended up being the simplest option as our block is too flat to require taller brick or masonry style edging. Our poor plants have had a rough time as we planted them and then had a week of torrential rain and flooding! We will give them a chance to grow and then fill in the gaps as needed. Our driveway is still looking patchy in spots (it has been super wet though) but the concreter assures us it will even out eventually. The colour isn't quite what I had in mind, but it's growing on me. I'm fairly happy with our front garden seeing as we have never landscaped or gardened. We are all booked to have the grass laid next week (finally) too! The backyard is being ignored for the time being... Let's face it, I am far more interested with the inside at the moment :) 

Here are a few photos of the front garden, which still needs another top up of pebbles. They aren't the best quality shots as it was getting dark when I took them.