Now
Today
The house as it is now, and the work done to it since the renovation, in the order it happened.
Settling in
The garden, the roof, the pool and the neighbours, from 2022 to early 2025.
A new garden bed on the terrace, with artificial lawn below
The roof, part-way through a fresh coat of paint
The house from the street at dusk; the lighter roof sheets on the left are new, replaced where they had to be
The pool, with the rain tanks behind it
The garden, and a black cat
The Highfield sign, hung to dry after being repainted
A white screen on top of the garden wall, replacing the rotten wooden fence
Monkeys on the wall and the roof
The front at night, under the street lamp
A flower bed in the garden
Repainting the outside
March 2025: cracks and patches mended and the whole outside painted, from the first patched walls to the finished front.
Before the paint: cracks on the front wall cut out and filled
The back wall with its cracks filled
A ladder and paint tins at the back
The front, with the patches primed
The back wall, painted
The front, painted
The finished front, from the street
The sign against the new paint
The front door and bay in the evening light
The stoep in the evening light
Since
The back of the house, and the pool as a pond.
