Landscape Plan

WOW! Take another look at it (click on it) ....isn't that something else!

In an effort to avoid spending money on landscaping that we then have to undo down the road, we decided to come up with a landscape "master plan". The idea is to implement it over time as we can afford to.

This evening Bill came over. Bill's a retired landscape architect. He used to do large-scale projects, but given that he's Dave's neighbour he agreed to take a look at our residential project. I think you'll agree that the results are pretty impressive. We told him that we wanted a "natural" looking pool, and the rest was all Bill. We think it's really nice how he incorporated the grading into the landscape. It'll be so pretty!!





Now all we have to do is start buying lottery tickets to be able to afford it.

Drawings for building permit done

The drawings have been submitted...building permit pending.

It's hard to believe all the work that has gone in to just getting to the point where we can apply for a permit. Granted, the work was mostly done by Dave, our builder, but it was still a painful process. The final change made was to increase the size of the foundation so that we will be able to use a natural stone facing on the lower level exterior wall instead of stucco. We're not sure we can actually afford to go this route at this point, but if it turns out we can how frustrating would it be to not have the foundation be able to support it!

We went out to the lot on the weekend. The trees have been cleared along the path that will eventually be our driveway, which was exciting to see. We're also starting to see where our front lawn/septic field will be. There's now a bunch of 4 foot long logs that need to be cut and split for firewood - any volunteers?