Monsters are supposed to be hideous but the title of this post simply states in a superlative degree that it's very, very ugly and repulsive. To be blatant and direct, I really hate it.
The retaining wall is one urgent project that must be completed before the wet season begins. After funding the first part of this three part project the work began but curiously I was not informed of any developments. Then after leaving me in the dark, finally I received a text message saying that the first and second parts of the project are finished.
What?
This cold structure will greet anyone who follows the dirt path that leads to the 'upper garden'.
Before we started this project I made it clear to my father that I want the wall to follow the curvature of the road. If one follows this logic then it is clear that there will be no straight lines and no corners except where the upper and lower walls meet.
So imagine my anger and dismay when I received pictures of the project and looking at these straight and solid walls arrogantly staring at me with an 'in your face' look. Where is the soft and subtle curved wall that I was eagerly expecting to see?
Left view.
I let a day silently pass by without uttering a word because knowing myself I might spit expletives all over the place.
On my second day of silence I received a text message from my mother asking me how I felt about the outcome of the project. She then mentioned that she didn't like it and my niece who was there on vacation finds it an eye sore. With that single text message, mother unwittingly opened Pandora's box.
As seen from the right side.
A long-distance phone call is once again made. Suffice to say that words not meant to be said were spoken with a raised voice loud enough to pierce an eardrum.
I am yet to blindly accept this structure but until now I'm still repulsed by it. The only option I have in mind is to tear it down and rebuild. But with a very tight budget it will be a waste of resource. But then if I keep it, it will be a constant thorn in my side.
6 comments:
stay calm sir...stay calm. :)
Everything happens for a reason and could possibly be for the better. Sometimes, we learn to work around constraints and may come up with pleasant solutions. I would consider growing bushes to hide the straight lines. Maybe you will have many other ideas when you have calmed down. Breathe deeply and empty the mind... :)
Thanks Ely and One.
I know you left comments here and hopefully you didn't delete them :) (and good thing I read them before they were lost). I think they were lost while Blogger was down.
I'm OK now, and actually thinking of ways to landscape it so that it would look better. That's the only way I can move on, I guess.
You can keep the existing wall as a frame. Purely for the function you meant it to serve. Rainy season is expected to start early this year. We had a storm last week and another one appears to be forming and on its way. So best to protect and make do with what is there for now. If it holds, then maybe you can work over and around it with the rocks you wanted initially.
I was here when commenting was not yet possible, i also lost 5 comments which i never had the chance to see from whom! I fully relate to your experience, in fact i already envisioned the style of the wall when you first posted that idea, then this one is really ?, hehe! We also build a retaining wall in our property but we used rocks and cement. Labor cost here is so high too. They made the curve so sharp that also made me so irritated, so i asked them to smoothen it out. However, the part cannot be broken anymore that fast, so it cost me a truckload and more cost to straighten the concave portion. Then the wall got so thick with the additional rocks and cement, but at least it's only a sore in the pocket and not a sore for the eyes everytime i pass that area! Can you visualize my wall and my experience!
Thanks Bom,
In most probability I might have to keep it (but not necessarily accept it...LOL). You are right, as long as it serves its original purpose then it will do for now.
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Thanks Andrea,
LOL... were you shocked when you first saw the pictures? Trust me I was in a state of disbelief. Initially I was just staring at them like a zombie, then the negative human emotion kicked in.
I can definitely relate to your previous experience now. That's what I was afraid of, if we fix it the 'shortcut' way, the walls might end up too thick. The other option is to tear down and rebuild. Another option is to leave it that way and just look away whenever I pass by that area, or take another route instead...LOL.
I'm not sold on complete rebuilding. I'll have to make do with some cosmetic changes. And I'm already on to that.
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