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we finally made it: we moved into our new home. this was exciting, not only because we had never before moved into a new house we built ourselves. of course, we didn’t really ‘physically’ build all of it ourselves, but we definitely very much ’emotionally’ participated every step of the way. nat and i had…

nat and i spent the long weekend in st helens. and in case you were wondering, it was the king’s birthday – not his real birthday of course, he sort of inherited the date from his mother, and from what i understand it wasn’t really her birthday either. anyway, it was a day off so…

that sounds great, doesn’t it? there are a few more little things to finish inside the house, and a bit more (ok: a lot more) outside, but everything works, the most important pieces of furniture are in place: we have the beds, a working internet connection and i’ll get the coffee machine on sunday. the…

but we are really really close! so close it hurts we aren’t done yet, especially since it’s school holiday’s and we are forced to sleep in the shed (a time honoured tassie tradition, but still). any project manager worth their salt will tell you that the last ten percent of the work requires ninety percent…

there is no way to sugarcoat it: the render on our walls is cracking. that’s not unexpected, but, to be honest, the render could have at least waited until the paint had dried. as it is these walls aren’t even painted yet, and our painter diplomatically suggested it would be unintelligent to paint a cracked…

this has been a very long time coming, at least that’s how it feels. actually, though, we may have done alright, considering we only started last year in january, and we probably picked the worst time in recent history to build a house: material shortages, massive price increases, first a building boom (triggered by the…