SINCE we locked in our contracts, there has been a little bit of to-ing and fro-ing with the banks about our construction loan. This second mortgage application would have been as easy as the first if not for the fact Brendan had not worked officially on record for the past 4 months and I had switched jobs in October! Yes, we like to make things difficult in our household so this is nothing unusual (grrr)…

But finally, just today, we got word that we had received unconditional approval from the big wigs at NAB and that we had the green light to start building our home!

And now, all we need is a start date and we’re ready to roll…

Just for a bit of fun, here is Sky in the water, her new favourite weekend activity. “Walkies” is no longer as exciting as the vehement shouting of “beach”!