Nearmaps update

Nearmaps has just released its latest update. I've been waiting for this one for a before and after overhead shot.

Edging and staining

A lovely way to spend a long week end. Out in the rain, digging the soaked clay and chipping away at concrete wall footings to get the edging in. The combination of rock hard soil, concrete and rocks gave me about a 50% break rate on the wooden spikes that anchored the edging in. We went for treated pine edging. It works out a bit cheaper than some of the alternatives, though I suspect won't be quite as durable as steel of bricks/pavers. We also started the staining, getting the first coat completed on the inside of the fence and giving us a preview of the finished product. My guess by our coverage rate so far is that we are looking at 4-5 10 litre tins of stain. At about $150 a tin, It soon adds up.

I still have plenty more edging ahead of me. I still have to do the garden beds in the front and side gardens.

Watching paint dry

We had a few threatening grey clouds looming as we washed up our brushes. We had a light sprinkle of rain, but nothing that should do any damage. It seems to have held up well.

Painting

A solid weekend of painting behind us, and we've go all the brickwork finished. Now just the fun of staining or painting the wood part to look forward to.

More fencing pictures

Fences Completed

Fences are up. Looks good. Fencers from Amazing Timber Fencing did a good job.

The 'key' to customer satisfaction

We have now been in our home for 2 months. Unfortunately in that time we have never been able to open our french doors leading off the dining room. When we moved in we noted that the door had no key that fit. We contacted Eden Brae, who sent out the key. That key also did not fit, we again contacted them again a new key was sent out. This was exactly the same key that was sent the first time! AGAIN we contacted them and yet another key was sent. AGAIN IT IS THE WRONG KEY.

Overall we are happy with our home thus far, but this seems to be an ongoing issue with things that were promised to us on the handover of our house. The day we moved in, the site supervisor stood in our kitchen telling us that a painter would be here the next day to complete the painting that was left unfinished and do some 'touch ups'. That was 2 MONTHS AGO. We have emailed and called. We were also told that a rail that was left off one of the windows would be fixed quickly, haven't seen any evidence of that yet either. Without the rail we cannot have a flyscreen, which again is another window which cannot be used. Hmmmmm .... out of sight, out of mind ?????