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Curb Appeal: The Fence Debacle

Wow.

So, aparently it is really hard to get a fence built. Who knew? It all started last Friday, when communication with our designer, producer and our contractor blroke down and our contractor was put in charge of making a (what I would consider a major)aesthetic decision.

So, check out our first (#1) fence, as of last friday.

Needless to say, Sharon and I weren't happy. It looked like we were gearing up for a major Marin hottub complex in our backyard. Cheez-ee.

We had the weekend to think about it, and the cheese factor on the fence, coupled with the fact that the height was about 2 feet too tall for Fairfax drove Sharon and I to choose a new direction on the fence. We met with our Designer on monday morning and went back to the orginal plan of a picket fence.

We spent a long and frustrating day with our contractor explainign the change of direction and I went with him to Home Depot to purchase the material for a picket fence.

Aparently, the contractor was in a hurry that day, becuase he spent the afternoon slapping together about 50 feet of the fence with less care than a 10 year old spends on their tree house. Sections of fence #2 were up and they looked awful.

After a frantic email exchange and a a flurry of phone calls with the producer and designer, all aggreed the fence carftsmanship was below par. The contraxtor was called, and he agreed to grace with his presence on Thursday.

Cut to today... things are back on track. The fence is going up in an orderly fashion. the corbels are on the house, the mailbox post is up. Things are falling in to place. You can see fence #3 below. Hopefully the last iteration.

The only question I have? If these guys new how to build a fence right, why didn't they do it the first time?

This entry was posted at 09:26 PM.

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