The designing process is underway! We have engaged a lovely designer/builder called Dennis to design and build our house. We've had a lots of emails, a few phone calls and one face to face meeting with him and I think we're in safe hands.
We are shooting for a building contract signed by 30th June to take advantage of the increased First Home Builders grant of $20,000. If we sign the next day it's $10,000.
We were so excited to see our building drawn up. Dennis came up with some excellent ideas that we would never have thought of. We've had our first draft costed and of course it came in way over budget. I was expecting that to be the case but it was still disappointing. I have full confidence in Dennis to sort it out though.
In the meantime I'm spending way too much time looking at fittings and finishes. Taps, tiles, flooring. Kitchens, bathrooms and fireplaces. After nearly two years off work looking after my daughter I am so relieved to finally have a project.
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