WE decided it was high time we put some plants into the backyard in time for spring so that the roots could take and the plants wouldn’t struggle as much come summer. Also, we needed to mark out the garden beds before the lawn was…
THANKS to good ol’ Gumtree, Brendan scored big time. I’ve been promising him a shed for a while now, but I didn’t fancy spending $800 when I can’t even afford to buy a new bed for the bedroom (the one we’re on has been repaired…
THE day after Brendan finished paving the outside of the laundry area, we were eager to get the planter box in the garden going. Our garden has gone through various plans, all not necessarily to scale but with some idea of what and where we…
IT’S been a week since I last sat down to try and put pen to paper about the house — but my reluctance stems not only from my lack of consistent photographic documentation of our progress, but laziness in general. I keep forgetting to pick…
WE have keys! There’s so much going on as we prepare for the move this Saturday so we’ll have to fill you in on the details later. But for now, we’re officially homeowners!
SANTA came early this year, with our Pre-handover Inspection scheduled in bright and early yesterday. A little sleepy and hungover from the night before, we met with Mike, our new supervisor from Celebration Homes at the house for a final walk through before they make…
I’M so jealous it’s not funny! Brendan had the pleasure of taking a tour of the now-locked house while I was away in England. On Monday 4 April, he visited the site with our building supervisor Lee and got to see the kitchen and other…
WE’VE been locked out! No more wandering through the house with Sky hopping through windows – the doors are in and the locks are on: We couldn’t enter the house to see what else has been done but we did find that all the melamine…
SHOULDN’T throw rocks – not at our house anyway! This week, all the glass has been installed, meaning we have working windows, sliding entries and a front door too: But that’s not all. The plastering on the walls has been completed as well: