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@Basher sounds like an Easter Day cook is on your horizon that’s exciting. The fence is a dangerous situation. I got a 4 & 2 year old girls and I’ve been putting it off for a few years. The heavy rain we got last year and this thanksgiving really out things over the edge but it’s forcing me to just do the whole yard. Look at these close photos of the fence situation. 
 

 

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4 hours ago, MacKenzie said:

Looking forward to the reno pixs. :) 

@MacKenzie me too! I’ve been dreaming and saving for 5 years. We hired this young couple to do our design and help us maximize the outdoor space. Being in San Diego we can utilize our backyard 9 months a year. 
 

we chose this company Brookside Designs cause we liked their designs and they had stellar reviews 

https://www.designbybrookside.com/portfolio

https://instagram.com/brookside_design?igshid=1bos96w6xi08k

 

 

 

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In our experience, the architect designed the hardscaping and basic placement of everything.

Then one of the best decisions we made was to throw those designs at a specialised landscape architect on an hourly rate. Once he provided the specific plants and their placement in the garden( and after I got my head around the scientific names of the species), everything popped off the page and finalised that last 10% of uncertainty.

He knew which plants would thrive in our local conditions and planned around morning and afternoon hotspots/ cool spots and realigned some of the viewpoints with slight modification to garden beds.

This has also made our plant order really easy with a list of species, number of plants and pot sizes. Just give this to a wholesale nursery and they deliver everything when we are ready to plant it out.

Time will tell.

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31 minutes ago, Bruce Pearson said:

That’s a pretty nice looking back yard, can’t wait to see the the new one.

Thanks Bruce. We got decent space for SoCal. But the pool and slide is from 1984. The BBQ island, hot tub and table were from 2004. It’s been functional but all been piecemealed together. I’m planning on staying here another 40 years and we have to replace the fence and do the wall so we decided to get a professional in to help us plan out the space. I’ll be selling the island, table and hot tub to raise funds for the remodel project 

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Today was a big day. Dennis sent me a picture of my KK she’s a beauty! Will be heading to CA shortly and Dennis is kind enough to store it a couple months until my yard is ready 

we also got our design and signed the contract with our landscape designer. Construction starts Monday!

they designed in a gas BBQ as well as the KK but I’m now leaning towards getting a flat top gas grill in case I need to do a super quick cook (chicken breast or hamburger) for the kids and I don’t want to fire up the KK. I’d love anyone’s opinions or insight on that choice 

 

I’m attaching pictures of my KK and our design 

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Both look great Troble. That blue pebble was my second choice.
That design really focuses the backyard for entertaining around the pool.
I’ll be doing the same with a natural gas bbq plate- I can’t grill on gas.
It’ll only be small- 2 or 3 burners. Our mornings can be mayhem with school or kids sport and we often fry up a quick bacon egg and cheese sanga. We have always preferred to do this outdoors on the bbq so there’s less washing up.


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@MacKenzie I’m sure it does that’s why I’m getting it. I spent the better part of four days reading nearly every thread on this board before deciding on it. I expect I’ll be doing 90%+ of my cooking on the KK but if I’m u der taking a big project like this I might as well get a few extra toys to complete the outdoor kitchen

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I promise I won’t do weekly updates but we broke ground last week. I sold the bbq island, granite table, chairs & hot tub.

moving the pool equipment this week. Bought a fire magic 30 flat top griddle to complement the KK

outside of the crackhead neighbor hammering the brand new fence in the middle of the night because the new fence “wasn’t sturdy” construction has been going good. Current pictures below. I’ll post another update in a few months. Thanks for all your help, particularly @Basher for all your input offline 

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17 hours ago, Basher said:

That yard looks even bigger cleaned out.
That fire magic is similar to what think I’ll run with.

https://agequipment.com.au/twin-burner-commercial-flat-griddle-hotplate-610mm-width-natural-gas/
Jon B I haven’t seen a nexgrill over here until yesterday. It was beaten up on gumtree.


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 @Basher  I would put it in the same quality level at the Blackstone (have both brands).

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@Basher heres one more good one of the final setup. Fridge in front. Flat top griddle in middle, side burner on right. Storage doors hidden in backside and electrical stub ups hidden inside island KK will stand to the right completing the island and closing it off

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Very similar to mine in structure however yours has so much, much more detail and it is looking like a gem. You must live in a dry climate and the rain may not be a concern, so I believe you designed the top as a shaded area by placing the rafters closer together for sun protection and leaving the opening exposed to the elements.  Here in the northeast weather and rain are always a concern, could ruin your day, like a Florida shower and the event would be dashed. Unfortunately, and with the added expense the roof has to be closed. Nice to see yours coming along so well.

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