[quote author="bkshopr" date=1228542687]
Now let me see, when your guests visit you they have to analyze first where the entry is. Is it to the left or right? Oops I just walked to the left and blocked by your trash cans and got barked at by your dog in his dog run. I then walked to the right side yard which is only 5' wide. The walkway is only 3 foot wide flanked by a 12" wide planters on both sides wiith mostly dead plants due to the lack of light and not having enough surface area to absorb water. As I walked through the tightness of this 5' sideyard compressive space I scraped the beautiful present I brought you next to that stucco wall. I then arrive at your 6' wide double door. I thought to myself your door width is wider than the outdoor passage that I struggled through earlier. The purpose of the double door is prestige but walking through a 5' sideyard was too unpleasant to comprehend the gracious double door entry estates.
After a nice evening leaving through the gracious double door I was faced with a 8' tall wall at my sight (3 foot retaining plus 5 foot wall at Quail Hills hillside conditions) that separate you and your neighbor's pad 3' higher. In Tuscany the view outside of the double door is a gracious courtyard and a view vista beyond that. </blockquote>
well! when you put it that way, guests that come to my house have it far too easy. maybe scattered cinderblocks along the walkway and on top of the retaining wall, propped up by small pebbles, designed to topple over from heavy footsteps. when they reach the front door they will encounter 3 sets of double doors, 1 of which is the actual entrance to my home and 2 of which are wormholes to an existential hell. if my guests are lucky enough to select the right door, they are graced by the view of my handsome face... which makes it all worth it. of course it could be me, or it could be a Terminator replica of myself serving as my butler. usually it is programmed to greet guests in the most pleasant manner but because it's windows 95-based, sometimes it will kill you on site.