Saturday we quickly went to see what had been done on the house this week and it was quite a lot actually ... from this picture you can see our garage doors are now on but more so than that, our driveway had been done as well as the pathway in front of our house. Sadly the tree that we love in front of our house has been damaged by people laying cables and the builder is not sure whether it will survive, we are hoping it will survive and asked for them to leave the tree and not remove it in the hope it will be ok. They are going to try and doctor it some to save it, if it looks like it won't make it, they will come and remove it. We will have other small trees in our front garden but we were one of the lucky ones to have a big tree out front that they did not have to remove so we really hope it is a fighter and survives.
They also built our fireplace, hard to see the stonework from a distance but it looks good, Dave would have liked more variation in color but I think once it has all been cleaned up it will be fine :-)
They also installed all my granite counter tops, I didn't add a picture here as they are still covered and you cannot get the complete effect. The bathroom counter tops were also done.
Then they started our deck this week too and apparently it will be done on our next visit. It is a nice large deck, Dave and I are thrilled at our decision to extend it a little longer than we originally planned on. It's hard to see from this angle and I did take a picture from the top but it's hard to see from there too but you get the idea at least.
This picture is taken from the other side but here you can now get a better idea of how little our back yard is, ok our property line runs into the forest so it's not like we don't have land back there but here you can see the only area that will be grassed. Dave plans in time to clean out the forest area to make it look neater but we are in no rush to do that as there is tons of work to be done before then. We might even lay a slab under the deck in time ... but that's all in the far distant future :-) inside first right ?
Ok so that's the update on the house, this week Jade is excited about two things, Thursday she is getting to go see the stage production of Annie at school, I wish I could go with but it is only for the kids, she will love it and am sure she will come home wanting to now be an actress ...
Then Friday she is going to my girlfriend Tina's house for the weekend, tomorrow is Dave and my wedding anniversary so we are going to Savannah Georgia for a short get away, we will leave around lunch time on Friday and come back late Sunday afternoon, I hope we have good weather so we can enjoy our time away, lots to see there so ... hold thumbs.
I am sure I will have lots of pics after the weekend so hang in there and enjoy the week.
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