Hello everybody, I have lived in Europe and also built several houses for which I have used blue stone. It is particularly in Belgium and Holland the most preferred natural stone for architects and home owners. You can of course for the cheaper ceramic tiles with a concrete or blue stone look but it will never be the same. The blue stone quarries have traditionally been in Belgium so you will see there lots of homes, streets and public buildings that are built with this stunning stone. You find it in different varieties (honed, polished, rough, etc..) and you can use it indoors as well as outdoors. We are going to build a hew house close to Sydney and will definitely go for blue stone both inside and outside, including the area around the swimming pool. In Australia, I have been told that blue stone is mainly quarried in Victoria. I am presently considering either to buy it there or to i port it from Belgium (which quality is slightly better and available in more varieties). Another very nice alternative is blue lime stone which in Australia is presently being imported from mainly Turkey. I have built with blue stone before and the result has always been much nicer than with granite, marble, travertin and of course also than the cheaper ceramic tiles that you find everywhere. We will probably combine the blue stone inside the house with underfloor (hydronic, not electric !) heating. Nice and cool in summer and pleasantly warm in winter.

i did look at that , but it would be a difficult job to get a nice neat cut over 4 metres as well as risking damage to the surface of the pavers

Hi, It looks fabulous, you would need to have a steady hand to edge around all those pavers , then you would have to set your mower to a height to keep a uniformed look, you would need to be fastidious to keep it looking perfect, you could use dwarf mondo or artificial turf to get a similar look without the huge amount of work and time you would need to put into using grass.

Hello Ruby, A landscape designer I recently worked with would be a cost effective and reliable solution. www.inspiringlandscapes.com.au Parveen replied to a job I posted on airtasker and she was brilliant. Went above and beyond our requirements and was very easy to work with. She is also not expensive. She designed our gardens remotely, just requiring photos, measurements, texts and one phone call. Hope this may help.