Two Things

Just two things.
Firstly the links in my posts aren’t showing up. Sorry - I will get on the case, or change the theme, or both.
If you hover your mouse in the obvious places, especially in the Subdivision post which outlines the subdivision process in Perth you should find the links, but I will work on changing [...]

Trying not to Demolish - the Sustainable Factor

Demolishing is pretty final and it’s a big shame to demolish a house that could be someone’s home.
Upon deciding to build we also decided to try to give our beach shack away. If anybody wanted it…
We put an ad in the Quokka online.
Weatherboard house going free if you take it away
We had about 8 emails [...]

The Subdivision

We used to say that we would never subdivide. We jeered at people cutting their blocks up in get rich quick schemes producing ugly non climate-friendly concrete boxes. We’ll never do that we said. And we’re not…exactly…
That is…we have decided to subdivide. But we’re not building ugly concrete blocks (though this is obviously subjective) and [...]

House v Dream House

It’s funny to think about building a house.
With image-filled house and garden mags ambushing us in every newsagents, hairdressers and doc’s waiting room we are encouraged to fantasize about the house we would like to live in if we won the lottery.
Take New Zealand and the holiday bach. New Zealand has a small population and a [...]

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So far this blog has been an intro. Now we come to the good stuff…the here and now world of house building and what that entails. I’ve also added links for you to subscribe via  reader or the e-mail if you want to be kept up to date without having to keep checking the blog.
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