Asbestos or Adventure

 Five years went by and we started to look to the future. Hardly even knowing it we had been chewing on the idea of a build for some time. The asbestos content in the shack was partly responsible. We would need to extend and renovate dramatically if the shack were to hold us in the future, and tampering with asbestos didn’t rate highly on our like to do list.

The tax man advised us to sell. Capital gain issues we were advised would cost us a fortune -especially if we sub-divided which we had contemplated doing…We were nervous and deliberated over a cup of strong tea.

It didn’t take long. Why take the sensible financially sound route when there was another option?

We like our slice of land sandwiched on the protected side of the hill between bush and beach. We like our neighbours and the local primary school, the paper we can buy a stones throw away on Flora Terrace and the dog beach at the end of the road. We like the Spring wildflowers at Star Swamp and the Laksa paste we can normally get at the shop a short walk away…

Bugger the money we said. Let’s go the adventure.

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