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Enhancing homes and gardens near Nanaimo, BC

The gardens in this lovely remodeled home near Nanaimo, BC  features a raised patio in the back yard, a pool, raised garden beds and a hot tub, all carefully positioned to maximize the usable space of this beautiful back yard.

Whilst the homes rear entrance opens out to enclosed fireplace, we were able to carefully sculpt the old garden and turn it into a multi-leveled stunning living space with garden beds, lawn, and enclosed hot tub all designed to give maximum usability to this homes outdoors. By working with the client we were able to deliver the vision that he had in mind.

Home & Garden Concept Breakdown:

  • Construction of over 250 linear feet of Granite rockwalls used to deal with lawn grades, to create garden beds along the backside of this beautiful homes foundation to reduce the look of the concrete as well as tie into the steps leading up to the enclosed seating area. Additional rock was used to support the area and deal with 2ft difference between the patio and the poolskirt.
  • Almost 2000 sq ft of brick pavers around the home to install the driveway, landings, seating and pathways.
  • Steps and Landing’s around the home, constructed using cinder block, rebar, and concrete and then faced in pavers to tie in with hard surfaces and landings throughout the home.
  • Feature Mica flagstones cut into brick pavers under motion ceiling lights to add night-time reflective effect.
  • All brickwork custom built to include a unique design or pattern.
  • Hot tub to be boxed in using flagstone from old walkways, and to tie in with the nearby retainers
  • Full irrigation system run by the automated clock that communicates with the weather network
  • Low voltage lighting system around the home, to include paver lights along the edge of the driveway and main entrance walkway

Construction Obstacles to overcome:

  • How to deal with the seating and still provide access to the homes, upper doors and lower pool concrete skirt.
  • Working around the home builder and other construction trades, to get hardscapes and rockwork complete before winter.
  • Making all drainage work around pool, along with poolskirt drainage.
  • Building the rockwork around the upper back pavers, to create the best seal for retracting blinds for least heat lost in winter.
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