It's been a while since our last post. We've been enjoying the new house, getting settled in and all. The buzz of people around working on things here has dropped considerably and the project is quickly coming to an end, although we keep saying that and there seem to be new things to do all the time on the landscaping front.
The past couple of months have seen the construction of our deck off the back of the family room, two new fences on each side of the house to create a little more privacy and the follow up on a punch list that is almost down to nothing now. We also upgraded our solar system to add another 1kw (now 6kw) as we were finding our electricity usage a little higher than originally predicted.
The vast majority of work is done on the hardscape. Our previous landscape designer abandoned us recently due to too many commitments but fortunately we connected with Nancy Higgins, a really great planting consultant, who walked through and guided us in 3 hours on our entire plantings list. After much shopping around, we ordered everything from a wholesaler in Stockton, Delta Tree. Normally they do not sell to the general public but we were able to get wholesale pricing through our relationship with our builder Structural FX - half the price of our local nurseries. The plants should arrive in a couple of weeks and that will conclude the landscaping part of our build.
The past couple of months have seen the construction of our deck off the back of the family room, two new fences on each side of the house to create a little more privacy and the follow up on a punch list that is almost down to nothing now. We also upgraded our solar system to add another 1kw (now 6kw) as we were finding our electricity usage a little higher than originally predicted.
The vast majority of work is done on the hardscape. Our previous landscape designer abandoned us recently due to too many commitments but fortunately we connected with Nancy Higgins, a really great planting consultant, who walked through and guided us in 3 hours on our entire plantings list. After much shopping around, we ordered everything from a wholesaler in Stockton, Delta Tree. Normally they do not sell to the general public but we were able to get wholesale pricing through our relationship with our builder Structural FX - half the price of our local nurseries. The plants should arrive in a couple of weeks and that will conclude the landscaping part of our build.
