It's Me, ChristyB Lifestyle blog of a middle-aged mom of two

It was just over two years ago that our son, Logan, bought his first home during COVID and the crazy housing boom. Since then he’s been making small upgrades here and there including a brand new bathroom, reconfigured the kitchen cabinets to add a dishwasher, new concrete counters and, most recently, a new sidewalk, front door and landscaping. The photo below was the listing photo. The next photo was his first day as a new home owner. The landscaping didn’t look terrible. But what you can’t see is that the sellers just put weed mat on top of the existing random plants in the flower bed and added a couple of bushes and mulch on top of that. It needed to all come out and be redone. The concrete sloped toward the house which caused water to pool at the strange front half step. The stepping stones were slick...