I 'Googled' the name of the house we are building with Porter Davis and found all these blogs of people in very similar circumstances to us. I thought 'what a great idea! What a fantastic way to keep a record of our progress.' So here is my attempt. We are a family of 6 building a just-right sized house west of Melbourne. Feel free to travel along with us.

About Me

I'm a woman with many interests but very few skills. I'm committed to trying to make the world a better place and one that we can share peacefully. I want people to be respectful thinkers. I have a husband but I don't think that defines me. I also have kids who I love dearly and am so proud of. We have a dog.

Thursday, 23 October 2008

Contract Signed

17.10.2008 The contract has been signed and it seems it's all systems go. We must have been a bit more thorough with our contract appointment than expected because it went for over 5 hours! I think our host had to reassign other appointments for the day and I'm not sure if she got lunch.... At least we know most things have been sorted out and clarified to our satisfaction, although we're sure we've still missed a few things. There is so much to think about! It seems we had forgotten to include carpet in one room, and concrete which we had been told was included is now not included... go figure!

Saturday, 18 October 2008

Colour Selection

This is what we have selected for our home - looks great in our imaginations.....

* Feature walls (Master & Rumpus): Wattyl Exotic Night
* Feature wall (stairwell): Wattyl Tivo
* Walls: Wattyl Kid Leather
* Cabinets: Fudge Stream
* Overhead cabinets: Moleskin
* Bench Tops: QQ New Diamond White
* Glass splashback: Dulux Fanfare
* Floor tiles: Kimberly Stone
* Feature tiles - Mirage Pepper
* Front Door: Double MAD101 with Cedar stain
* Garage: Cedar
* Portico render: Dulux Brood
* Front render: Dune
* Windows: Woodland Grey
* Fascia: Dune
*Gutters & Drainpipes: Woodland Grey
* Roof: Colorbond Woodland Grey
* Bricks: Boral Mocha with raked natural mortar

Sunday, 5 October 2008

Blank canvas

Okay so we have quite a bit of work to do...Is that an understatement? What a lovely view though. I can't wait 'til things get started.