Pheckers (ROFLMAO!) Place Progress

[Pickers]

Garden nearly there!!
Well the last slab went down last weekend, along with erecting new fence panels. - The evolution of pheckers Garden.
When we moved in:


Start of this year:


Digging out patio:


complete patio and fence panels:

[Pickers]

Progress and after shots:











It just remains for the wall to be skimmed / painted to hide the blockwork, and fill the border with stone chippings.

Never digging out and laying a patio / building a wall this size again. Ever.

[lostkat]

Looks absolutely fantastic - like you've had in the pros to do it! Well done guys. Also impressed by Pheebs' veggie plot in the background

[Kell_ee001]

It looks amazing!

[Desmo]

Great work guys. I love seeing things all come together.

Really can't wait to get our sorted now

[BBx]

Awww I want a house

After the weekend I realised that I want a house.

Boo!!! Will have to see your pad soon

BB x

[Desmo]

I'm glad I bought a house and not a flat. I spent a while looking around and was only really looking at flats and not house as I never thought I'd want a garden and stuff like that. Then my house came up and I snapped it up. Now I'm glad we're getting our garden sorted...it's going to be like a whole new room to the house that we've never used before

[Pickers]

And for us Des - Its just a shame we didnt get the use of it this summer. Still, It should be all workable as soon as the sun comes out next year May even be able to get a BBQ going and a gazebo up beforehand if we fancy .
Will have to keep an eye out for some good solid garden furniture too - nice wood table and chair set.

[Pheebs]

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg !

I R EXCITED!!

Dan Dan the Builder Man has come over today and started to sort out our driveway! HOORAH!

After a good 6 months... if not more... we're starting! This means no more mud mounds and untidy bushes!

He's chopped down a tonne of bushes from the front so far - our garden is HUGE! I can see right out onto the road too! Crazy!

*so excited so excited so excited*

The big Brmm brrm machinery arrives tomorrow too (HOORAH!) meaning mahoosive excavation time!

I decided to trot round to the neighbours today and give them the heads up! Bev was loverly about it and very excited! Two other neighbours loved it (their drive way runs up along our front and back garden - so we theoretically have 4 next door neighbours) and then I got to Toni.

Toni is a miserable old ex solicitor who does nothing but complain and be rude! She has been completely and utterly begging for us to remove this HUUUGE hedge up her drive as it's "ghastly" and "unmaintainable". She even knocked on our door at 8-9pm one night after Christmas and instead of a "Merry Christmas" from her... we got a "When are you going to do your driveway?!"

Madness!

So yeh, I tootle over to hers and...:

Me: "HEllLLOO! Toni, I have some good news... The drive way is going to be done over the next few days! Hoorah! So no more hedge for you!"

Miserable-old-bat Toni: "Oh. Oh really? So you're having the hedge removed!"

Me: "Yup, we know you've not liked it and we're taking it back to here" *indicates a point with flailing arms* "and replacing it with a nice neat fence! It's been over 6 months now we've fought for this and _finally_ they're letting us take it away!"

Miserable-now-lemon-soured-pinched-lipped-face-old-bat Toni: "Oh. What a shame. I shall miss it dearly. I do really like the daffodils on the top there. And Gabby (her cat), she will be sad, she does enjoy catching the sloe worms in the hedge there. What a shame." *tuts and shakes head*

Me: *Mouth open, looking very you whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!* Erm but... you... erm...Well... yes... it's going now.... so no more mud on your drive on rainy days or anything! Good isn't it!"

Miserable-now-looking-inquisitive-old-bat Toni: "Hmmm. Would you be putting any plants along? A fence would look awfully bare would it not?"

Me: *attempting not to frown* "Maybe. I have to go and feed biscuits and tea to the builders, if you have any problems" *stalls a bit due to thinking "OH CRAP, she will have problems and she will ask" *ahems* "then erm.. please let me know. I should be in as I'm working from home now." *kicks herself for saying that*

Miserable-old-MOO-PIE Toni: "Oh so you're doing something with yourself now... not working in Sainsburys then?" *snooty look at me*

Me: *clenching fists but smiling insanely* "I still work there but anticipate leaving in a few weeks. I have my own business and work in the evenings doing... erm... other kind of work"

Miserable-nosey-stuck-up-cow-too-good-for-anyone Toni: "Oh really? What's that?"

Me: "Ermm.. the builders need feeding! Will speak to you later! Byyye!"


If I told her Ann Summers she would have beaten me to death with a handbag!

What a stupid moose! Still... she makes me laugh in her uppity ways!

[Tak]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

If I told her Ann Summers she would have beaten me to death with a handbag!

Should have told her you sold big pulsing throbbing vibrators to women who have an unfulfilled empty lives and by the way do you want one