WEEK 45 - Landscaping complete (Delay = 29 weeks)

They said it would take three weeks and they delivered! The driveway and path/patio to the rear of the extension have been completed to schedule, which must be the first time something has worked out according to plan for a long time. And the stuff is looking great. Having also rebuilt and resurfaced the pavement outside the old driveway, which is no longer in use, the big challenge is to fill in the big hole in the beech hedge. Getting mature hedge plants is easy. Removing an old concrete plinth for the old driveway pillar is a job for a pneumatic breaking hammer as the pickaxe was clearly not up to the job. On top of this, there is a two-course layer of cemented bricks under the old driveway - they liked doing it properly back in 1956, which needs removed before we can start thinking about taking delivery of the beech.