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…
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…
WE’RE up to our eyeballs in bricks this week, or what the builders like to call “at plate high”. Every time we visit the site, Brendan and I come to the full realisation of what we have gotten ourselves into and we swallow hard as…
THE brickies promised us our hallway and bedrooms this week so of course we had to go up and have a peek. Better yet, half our front elevation is complete too, most of the garage is up, and all that’s left to do really is…
BRENDAN came home from a 13-hour day a little delirious but surprisingly perky as well. Why? He was working all the way north in Mindarie, meaning he was a mere five minutes from our build and apparently, this is what he found when he popped…