Well... it wasn't. Sure, it go a bit frustrating with the builder, but they built our house in the end, and I still smile at the little things we did differently with them.
Right now though, it's the outside of the house that I never prepared myself mentally for. Oh sure, I planned financially, mostly...but there are always things you don't think of, and the budget got blown a while ago...
We're trying to get 2/3 of the fence done, and the whole of the front of the house... and boy is it stressful. Also going to be around 2 months before the shutters are in...
Living each day without TV, or 'real' (i.e. FTTH) internet has proven interesting. We basically try stream recorded programs from the likes of 7...and on the dodgy 3G tethering, it stops working all the time...
But... look to the future and in 2 months it'll all be behind us. The pics will come...in time. :)
Soon, we might actually get some furniture for the theater room!
Almost every pair of shoes I have has mud on them...
Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Trying to settle in
Well, it's been crazy. We finally handed over our rental property today, with a tremendous amount of work by my wife to get it sorted.
We're now in the 'setting up the home' stage... which means, concrete, driveway, landscaping, fencing, windows, furniture... oh boy...
I'll post pictures once everything is sorted out... I must say, the guys from New Look Concrete are doing an amazing job of landscaping and concreting... with some additional drainage to boot. I can't wait to see how well they'll do our front retaining wall. A lot of hard work, but they're doing great.
We can't fence or concrete the south side of the house as it's not safe to do so yet until that house has its garage wall up. Hoping there's enough space for their drainage and the fence on the boundary.
The north side is where NLC are doing lots of work putting in a retaining wall to help level out the ground for the fence and drainage.
Watch this space for the finished products and in about 8 weeks, the inside of the house once the plantation shutters are in.
We're now in the 'setting up the home' stage... which means, concrete, driveway, landscaping, fencing, windows, furniture... oh boy...
I'll post pictures once everything is sorted out... I must say, the guys from New Look Concrete are doing an amazing job of landscaping and concreting... with some additional drainage to boot. I can't wait to see how well they'll do our front retaining wall. A lot of hard work, but they're doing great.
We can't fence or concrete the south side of the house as it's not safe to do so yet until that house has its garage wall up. Hoping there's enough space for their drainage and the fence on the boundary.
The north side is where NLC are doing lots of work putting in a retaining wall to help level out the ground for the fence and drainage.
Watch this space for the finished products and in about 8 weeks, the inside of the house once the plantation shutters are in.
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