The beginnings....

So our old house is just about on its last legs, its an eyesore and smells pretty bad.  The plan is to knock it down and rebuild something new.  After nearly 18 months of looking at a single house build, then sub-divisions, townplanning and a couple of townhouses, we've decided to go with the single house idea that we began with. 

We spoke to many, many builders and saw many, many, many display houses to make sure we get what we want.  Our biggest problem has been with the shape of our block, most of bulk builders work in new estates which have narrow long blocks. Ours is wide and shorter than the new blocks which limited us on the designs available to us.  All of the ones we like were always a metre or two longer than we could fit.  After finding floor plans that could fit with JG King, Boutique, Rawdon Hill and Ashford, we've decided to get Ashford to start on the working drawings and soil tests.  

The other builders all have preconfigured designs but Ashford allowed us to create something completely customised which we are calling "The U House".  I'll get the plans up here once we have them completed.  Today I'm meeting with some demolition companies to get that side moving. I've also got to expend some energy by lifting the current pavers to reuse after the new build is complete.

The current house :