Going in circles
Another odd thing about the house is the driveway. It’s off to the lefthand side and brings you in to the back door, the kitchen door. The front door, with its Greek columned entry porch, has no driveway access. There isn’t even a path to it. Consequently, it isn’t used at all, which is a shame.
We learned from neighbors that the driveway originally continued round from the back door to the front – which still seems odd – but that section was blocked and returned to lawn when the side porch was added by the previous owner. Besides marooning the front door, the other problem is that the drive is a dead-end and turning the car to get back out is tricky, especially if there’s more than one car.
After much discussion, and with some inspiration from friends, we decided to sort this out, by installing a new driveway that takes visitors to the front door, while keeping the existing driveway for access to the back door.
The process of installing the new driveway took a few days…