The garden path when we moved in (above) and more recently:
Unfortunately, clearing the left hand side of the path has also removed all privacy from our neighbours - before:
and more recently (I'm not going to say 'now', because this photo was obviously taken before our house was repaired):
I also made the most of a some tree-cutter-up-erers (otherwise known as arborists), and had the trees out the back removed -they had been kind of ruined by the ivy. Pre-earthquake:
And now (yes, that's a direct view into our neighbour's back yard - we will have to do something about that soonish):
This tree-trimming has also cleared the path that runs up the side of the house:
Thereby letting tonnes of light into the laundry:
