Our land - contract signed 16 March 2009

Our block is 747m. We bought off the plan.

As a young family we liked that we were at the end of a quiet street.

Massive stepped concrete block retaining wall on both sides. It means no need for a fence on this side (and both our neighbours will be either 4 feet higher or lower than us so great for privacy)

We will also get mountains views from our (future) patio :)

In the beginning..

I'm honestly not sure what started this insanity but like all new home builders it seemed like a good idea at the time.

If you really give it some thought you'll realise you've just handed a perfectionist endless choices on a 6 - 12 month project about which they can obsess, agonise, make decisions, regret decisions and permanently drive their partner nuts with "What if...?", "Do you like...?" and "It will be worth upgrading...".

If you can't relate, I envy you and I'm the picky one!