[Progress.129] Landscaping update - 3

After the concrete slab been done, Jeff started the brick work at the front. He said he has 30 years experience in brick laying and the quality of work is indeed quite good.

We noticed Jeff added extra brick at the bottom to make it stronger. Certain areas that will be fully covered by soil were using different bricks to save cost.

Thanks to the nice weather, within a few days, Jeff finished the much longer wall at the right hand side. And also installed our new letter box.

2 days later, the shorter one at the left hand side also finished. You can see that the mortar at the left side still not fully dried yet. I parked my car in the driveway to have a feel about the distance between the 2 walls, looks quite wide to me! Hope this is wide enough for wife, as I was quite worry that she might bump into the walls while getting in and out of the garage...

After the brick wall at the front completed, things left are: the retaining wall at the back, paving for driveway and around the house, turf, and some plants. Unfortunately, it started raining and it didn't stop for almost 3 weeks. What's even worse, Boral run out of stock for the blocks we want for the retaining wall, so there was a looooooooooooooooong wait after that. Finally in early June, our blocks finally arrived in the heavy rain...

To be continued...