I had a meeting at my sons special school two days ago... He's improving drastically, faster than we had anticipated, but we still have areas that we need to work on, like taking him anywhere is a real issue... His teachers and therapists suggested that instead of taking him out of his comfort zone, we should try to set up the house so we can holiday at home.... Its important that Dave and I have a place we can go to de-stress.... Something we can use year round.... Its kind of what we were planning all along, but now I can start to plan our "respite area" or adult relaxation zone....
I plan to put a long spa right underneath the master bedroom window. I've got about 1.8m width, and 4 metres length of space, so I don't invade the walkway around my house....I will build a little outdoor bbq area out there as well.... Something I can take with me when I move, so now I'm looking at stainless steel benches and an outdoor fridge....

The spa will be an awesome addition as it won't be as seasonal as the pool...

Samson will get benefit from the spa relaxing his muscles and help put him to sleep at night... I'm also planning to put some fruit trees in large pots around the pool area

That will be done for next summer... I've had to veto the slide plan as I cannot trust Samson with heights.... :-( Not until he's older....