Yes it’s been a while and that’s because nothing has happened to the build since the windows where installed, except that the faulty seal and damaged hinge on the bi fold doors have been fixed.  It took the chaps less than five minutes to replace the hinge with a new one and the seal just needed to be untrapped from the glass.

Everything now depends on selling my flat which you can see at www.tepilo.com just search TW4 5LZ or try this link http://www.tepilo.com/property/6524/redfern_ave_twickenham_tw4/

And in answer to the question everyone asks, there is no advantage to renting it because it’s the equity in the property that will finance the remainder of the build.  In hindsight I should have marketed the flat from day one and if it had sold quickly looked to rent somewhere or get a caravan on site.

The Garden

I am already thinking about the garden and have decided to set my self a challenge of creating a garden for free or at least all the plants for free.  So now is a good time to start collecting seed and to take hardwood cuttings of shrubs (for those new to the Blog I am a Garden Designer).  I am pretty good at acquirng the cuttings I am not so good at caring for them afterwards.  I don’t have a greenhouse but I do have a Mum with green fingers and a greenhouse.

So far I have the following items

A Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) a birthday gift.  Its has to go near the front door for the winter scent

A ornamental pear – Left over from the show garden at Hampton Court in 2007

Schizostylis (kaffir lily) the bulbs just popped out of the ground as I was weeding at clients – Honest guv.

Skimmia – Grown from seed – Well done Mum

Acer (purple leaves) – Unwanted by a client, currently growing in my own garden

I am also planning to take a semi containerised Maple that was a gift from my friends Dad when he relocated back to Wales.  It’s in a container that it is the ground I doubt much of the container is left now.

Oh yeah and I have a huge Oak tree that came with the plot, there is also a nice Pittosporum that I have managed to save on the site.

Any donations gratefully received.  Maybe I should start a wish list

The largest area of garden is at the front and it’s mostly underneath the large Oak it also faces north so it’s very shady but not to dry it seems.  The rear garden is 9m wide (across the back of the house) but only about 2.5m long from the wall of the house to the neighbours fence at the rear  but it faces south.  It’s most likely to be decked for 2 reasons one there are so many left over timber joists it will be a good way to utilise them and two the foundations of the house sit about 20cm above the soil building the soil back up would be costly, time consuming and more importantly it would breach the damp proof course.  So most plants will be in containers or raised beds, I also like to make a small pond/water feature and need somewhere for Elsie, my Lily Sawtell sculpture http://www.lilysawtell.com/

That’s all for now folks, I will try not to leave it so long next time.

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