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another update on our new house
It's still a house frame wrapped in green insulation but a lot has been done. The plumbing is done, wiring for power points and lights is in, airconditioning is in and yesterday the bricks arrived. We have made a plan to have lunch in the dining room on our wedding anniversary in May. I don't care what we eat, as long as it's in the dining room. We can sit on our mobility walkers and take a folding table for our food. If there are any builders working there that day, we can ask them to take our photo.
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The ground will be built up to cover the concrete slab so stepping out of the laundry door just at the left, there will be no step down. There is another sliding door from John's Lego room on the other wall and the land will also be filled to eliminate the need for a step. There will be a one metre wide concrete path right around the house making easy access for walkers or wheelchair.
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With the back yard we will plant three fruit trees between the side fence and the house... most likely an apricot, red plum and cherry. One problem here is that the three cyprus trees that you can see belong to the next door neighbour (not cranky man) and they have been planted on our land. It's an easy fix but the neighbour may not be happy. They should have checked where the boundary was before planting them.
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These are the bricks we chose. I love the randomness of the deliberate imperfections in the bricks... they just break the appearance of a flat colour brick. It picks up the black (actually a very dark grey called "monument") window frames, guttering and downpipes and roof.
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The ground will be built up to cover the concrete slab so stepping out of the laundry door just at the left, there will be no step down. There is another sliding door from John's Lego room on the other wall and the land will also be filled to eliminate the need for a step. There will be a one metre wide concrete path right around the house making easy access for walkers or wheelchair.
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With the back yard we will plant three fruit trees between the side fence and the house... most likely an apricot, red plum and cherry. One problem here is that the three cyprus trees that you can see belong to the next door neighbour (not cranky man) and they have been planted on our land. It's an easy fix but the neighbour may not be happy. They should have checked where the boundary was before planting them.
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These are the bricks we chose. I love the randomness of the deliberate imperfections in the bricks... they just break the appearance of a flat colour brick. It picks up the black (actually a very dark grey called "monument") window frames, guttering and downpipes and roof.
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