Some advice on a backyard deck layout
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Comments (6)I would place extremely large boulders to conceal the access to that crop, and stagger randomly placed smaller rocks to gradually lead back toward your paving. Keep the shape and flow natural looking with curves and backfill with river pebble a dug out trench that runs although it like a dried up river bed. This will be useful in wet weather, it will actually help direct the overflow of water that your property must suffer from. Possibly remove your storm water capping and repace with heavy duty steel mesh grate covered with river pebble. The sound of water rushing over the pebble and draining away will provide acoustics of a rainforest or running stream at the least. Use tall plantings to conceal this void space with tall palms or giant birds of paradise, strelitzias will have the look of banana leaves, and smaller strelizias will complement them. Plant densely so that it prevents access for little ones. Then use Clever lighting to focus a green oasis. Your limitation could possibly be an advantage in that the solution has to be unique. You may end up with a stunning water feature and private escape....See MoreAdvice RE making back yard kid and entertaining friendly
Comments (12)well done to your husband for such a detailed plan... i suggest that you focus on the clothesline level by removing or demolishing the pond or simply filling with rubble and soil to make a raised garden or seat, long term plan to level the area shown as "stones" to make a fenced lawn with access from the deck but any change in level of more than 1m needs a fence so you should fence off the garden with gates across the steps on both sides...a treated pine log fence with chicken wire mesh to prevent any footholds for climbing would probably be the cheapest and consider enclosing a space under the deck over the raised floor to create a storage area for the ladder, gas bottles, mower etc...the walls could come out as far as the round steel post (if it can't be removed safely) and broken bricks could fill in the pond, try moving the clothesline over to the pond lawn to make a more open lawned area on the other side and paint everything except the house brick walls with a very dark paint to tone with the bricks.. consult the local nursery for suitable shrubs to screen the neighbours and unless you're a keen gardener convert all the small gardens beds into lawn or paving...See MoreNarrow Laundry Room with Door to Backyard
Comments (4)Plan c is better using the widest end of the room to locate washer. Size your sink as you may need a 600 deep cabinet for it. Washers, including door which now seem to all protrude 50 mm, come out to 670 once u allow for hose space at back....See MoreFloorplan recommendations - creating connection to backyard
Comments (26)Hi Siriuskey - Thanks so much for your advice and floor plan suggestions. Basing the extension around the existing garage structure is not something we had considered. It might be difficult with our block but we'll mention it to our builder and see what they think. Really like the glass skylight in the roof of the picture you added in as well. HI Oklouise - Thanks for your updated floor plan suggestion. This is a great adaption of the floor plan we sketched up and I think the type of layout we are leaning towards. The only two changes we might make is to: 1) remove the wall separating the front living and middle living to allow more light into the house and open it up a bit; and 2) remove the current side door out to the courtyard and replace it with a bigger sliding / bi-fold door in the line with the rest of the exterior wall so that we can move the dining area over a bit. Also, what program do you use to sketch?...See More- last month
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