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So when we got home for lunch, there was a car parked almost across our driveway and a backhoe parked on our walkway. Now, neither Heather nor I really take the little bushes on either side of our mailbox very seriously, nor the flowerbed areas around them, but this tractor was parked with one wheel in one bed and another in the other. It had completely crushed one bush and was threatening to do the same to the other. It also had to have driven in there (because the damn thing couldn’t have flown) so that means the metal edging that goes around these two mini-beds have most likely been completely crushed.

What I’m more concerned about is that I think this trench they’re digging down the road is going to cut across our driveway as well (it’s crossed at least two already) and I started to wonder… will they actually concrete it back over like it used to be, or will they just throw some asphalt in the trench and call it good like they did to this guy who lives up at the head of our street? Also, are they gonna replant the grass or is that up to me to do. Finally, when they carve this trench through the walkway to my house (which I’m fully expecting to be done when I get home tonight) are they going to fix it or leave it full of tar as well.

Damn, I never even thought about this crap when I decided to buy a house. Maybe it’s time to start thinking about that cobble stone walkway idea again.

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RE: Lost Driveway (heh)

There is a lot that one never thinks about when gettin’ a house…
Now’s the time to go grub up the city ordinances and see what they will cover as far as replacing (plants, etc). Dig around and check for other interesting facts as well…such things as:
– In some cities, if the local city trucks (garbage, etc) knock down large limbs, trees,etc on your yard, etc…they may not have to pick it up or pay to have it cut or hauled off.
– If a tree was planted in circa 19__ on city zoned area (example: if you have green area in center of street, etc) and roots spread to plumbing in your yard, making pipes break, clog, etc…you might want to see what you will have to go through to get it fixed (my grandmother went through hell to get that one taken care of).
Things like this, as well as things from neighbors’ property and all sorts of fun shit that rains on one’s parade comes up…
oh and IMO, cobblestones or rock garden yards have always looked pretty kick ass.

well, they dug under the walkway, so I guess they won’t have to replace that unless it caves in… They didn’t make it to the driveway, so I don’t know if they stopped short because it was too late to continue or because that’s as far as they needed to go…

Guess we’ll find out tomorrow.

Heather hated those flower beds anyway.

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