...things are happening...

Well....after what seems months...things have started to come together... and quite quickly...

The council approval came through.... for both the house and the shed....not sure if it was late Aug or early Sept...but it was nice to get that piece of paper in our hot little mitts...

...then in the first week of September the boundary pegs went in...and the builder pegged their sign on our block.... big huh!...but it signalled things were moving...and we were excited.

...then last week...around the 11th the earthmovery type guys came in...and levelled the block...and the pad was prepared... so it now looks like a proper spot for a house....

...and then phone call we were thrilled to receive also arrived...Pat called and said they were ahead of schedule and would begin our home sooner than expected.... and could we choose our bricks and windows....could we?...shit yeah!

So....we began looking at bricks in earnest....Ian and I already had a pretty good idea of what we were after....but it had been awhile since we decided...and wanted to just confirm we still liked the same look... Mum and Dad are visiting atthe moment....and so the four of us set off..... driving around all the new estates in the area.... making sure we were choosing well.

It was only while driving around this time...that I noticed that I wasn't happy with the front of our house anymore.....I had overlooked something on the plan....

The more I looked...the more unhappy I was..... I wanted to bring the garage out further....inline with bedroom one.....making an alcove over the front door...which put the veranda in between two gables.... by doing this...it also added 1.8m to the size of my scrapbooking room inside.....another thing that had been worrying me.... so it seemed a win win solution...

.....except...initially Ian was frustrated by me...why leave it to this late stage...the footings were to be dug next week...and this change would mean back to the draughtsman....back to the council....and we had just waited 8 weeks to get it through council.....

...but I wasn't happy to just ignore it.....so I phoned Pat.... and nervously told her what I was thinking....and she was wonderful.... it was back at the draughtsman the next morning...and council the following...and I'm hoping it got the re-approval stamp so that the footings can still be dug on Thursday (20th Sept 07) ... I haven't had the latest ...but Ive still got everything crossed that the changes have been accepted...and the building wont be delayed.

..so back to the bricks.....Ian and I both like red bricks....just plain old red and cream....like the older heritage homes...they never seem to date.... so we are hoping to have red bricks.....with cream mortar....cream trim... (possibly cream quions..waiting on a quote).... red roof...and cream windows... nothing like this...but in these colours...lol

... stay tuned for another update this week.....

M x