WHEN Alison Blinkhorn sadly lost her partner to a brain haemorrhage, she decided to buy her own place rather than renting. But the 52-year-old, from Manchester, had her work cut out for her –…
"There was a pile of rubbish and leaves so high you didn't even know the garden had a side entrance," she says.Alison says they also discovered an old fence up behind the weeds.Alison asked a professional how much it would be to come and clear the rubbish.Along with Gary, her sister and brother-in-law, she took "loads of bags" back and forth to the tip - doing around 20 tip runs in total.
To cut back on further labour costs, Gary fit the fence for Alison and laid some fake grass she bought from Amazon, saving her over £600 on what she was initially quoted."The fence panels were all orange so I painted them a light blue colour to make it light, and then painted the walls at the side white with £10 paint I nabbed from"Gary put a big gate on for me...now I don't need to leave the bins in my garden anymore - they're out the back in the alleyway.
She gave her fence a pop of colour thanks to hanging wisteria decoration, which were £2 each from a charity shop, and a couple of plant pot tubs, which she filled with colourful flowers from the local garden centre.Alison Blinkhorn
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