Week 7 - Hot Tub Time Machine - 11 August 2023

When we bought this property and saw the elevation of the backyard and the views,  one thought came to our minds...how awesome would a hot tub be up here?  I had doubts that we could get this thing up top without a crane, but my wife, filled with ingenuity, assured me that she will find a way...and indeed she did.  Can't wait until our first hot tub braai!!!  

Getting hot tubs in place is one thing, but how about 50 years of roots growing in your drains?  Well, that was conquered too!  And even a clutch of gecko eggs and their mothers, couldn't stand in our way of getting the new windows installed.  And one more big addition was getting the aircons in.

      


   


   


  

   
   


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