Drive is sculpted and stone arrives

After more skilled work with the digger, loads of limestone and a heavy roller, we have a drive with a gentle gradient, a sweep round to deliver people to the front door and room to reverse and drive out forwards.
Although we have yet to embark on the paviers which will finish the job, we have a good drive which is user friendly.

The compressed limestone butts onto the old concrete - see photo.
More 'new meets old' - the old utility roof, now pitched, extends out to form a verandah, echoing the one along the front of the house.

The front bank is showing a fuzz of green as the grass seed germinates. It would be too much to hope for light, gentle rain at night to help it on its way.

Back after a blog break.

Much disappointment that the grass seed isn't up - sown over 2 weeks ago.

In the two weeks, lots has been achieved indoors - plastering upstairs, main bathroom tiled, cupboards built in and the painting started. The aim is to reuse original doors, removed when rooms were joined.

The flat-roofed sixties extension, with nothing to recommend it visually, now has a pitched roof which slopes down to a verandah which echoes the original. Not only will this room house the heat pump and hotwater tank, and act as utility room, but it now looks good too and restores the character. Slates next week, hopefully.

Shortly, decisions will have to be made about the drive. What was a steep and ugly concrete drive has been sculpted to make a 'kinder' and more attractive approach which swings across and back, but in what material?

We need some permeable material which will provide a weatherproof, car and people-friendly surface. Reusing paviers would be good, but no second hand cobbles are on offer. 'Grasscrete' (www.grasscrete.com) sounds good, with grass the overall look. There is also a patio area to make at the back of the house. Same material? The patio gets lots of sun, facing south. Would grasscrte dry out?