Gardening?

I was going to get a new bathroom, but you wouldn't believe how much they charge for those things. MFI gave a finger-in-the-air quote of £6,000! Even with my larger-than-expected bonus that's not really in my reach right now. So instead I've turned my attention to the garden, and plan to get that sorted out instead.

First on the agenda was the fence, which was crap to begin with, and took a battering in the horrendous weather we've been having. After asking round I got a couple of guys in to rip out the old one, and replace it with a new one, as well as re-doing the posts and sorting out a particularly shitty corner. that was finished today, and I've planned in with them to next sort out the old pool site.

Before I moved in here there was a 6,000 litre pool in the back garden. Earlier in the spring I drained it, and removed the skin and insulation, thus leaving a 3m square hole in one corner. This is now going to have a wall placed around the inside, and a patio floor placed in, with steps leading down. It's the corner that catches all the sun, so should be a nice seating area once done. Also, once that is done all I really have to do is lay some turf on the dead area, and clean/treat the decking, and it will all be done!

It will be nice to have it as usable space again...hopefully before the weather turns bad again. I may even be able to pull off a barbecue!