The view from the garden toward the North Downs - just visable between the trees
the patio!
the patio with sun setting behind house
Views across the garden
The front garden
After 17 years in the same house, 2010 marked the start of a new era when we moved about 3/4 of a mile to our new house. In fact the house is not that new and not strictly a house. Built in the 1920s the house is a bungalow that is ripe for re-development. A project as the estate agent called it.
This blog will follow the trials and tribulations as we attempt to change this rather modest detached bungalow into a fabulous family house.
So what have we done so far? Well the first task was to clean, clean clean. Unfortuntaly the previous occupant left the house rather dirty so the first two weeks were spent scrubbing and cleaning every surface. At first I asked myself "what have we done" but with this behind us we've settled in quite well and are now busy planning what we are going to do. We've appointed an architect and as we speak he is drawing up plans for us to view before submitting to the planing process. We are hoping to add a new first floor with three bedrooms and family bathroom and hopefully an en-suite for us. We want to open up the downstairs and have a large family living space which will open out onto the garden - which I know will be fab (the advantage of being married to a gardener). Hopefully the budget will give us what we want.
The planning process takes time but doing work in the garden started immediately. First off we needed to fence the garden to keep our small terrier from escaping. We've enlarged the driveway so we can park both our cars and get in and out without shuffling the cars around. We've demolished the old shed, dug up trees and laid a large base for a log cabin that will be amoungst other things, a yoga studio.
The lawns are uneven and in bad condition so next weekend we plan to hire a rotavator to turn over the top surface, re-level the ground and then re-seed.
Until the next time here are some pictures to give you an idea about what we've taken on - and what we've done.
Well, done Gideon. Although I'm not sure wrting the blog won't be as much hard work as the rest of the project. I enjoyed the pictures Good Luck! Dx
ReplyDeleteWhen we did own lawn the most exciting thing was seeing the first sprouts of the grass seed. Enjoyed the pictures. Why am I a follower but not the first follower? I can't work it out. BUt I am enjoying the blog DebsC x
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