The other half here!
Thanks for those asking about our daughter. She is doing really well. Her hip spica came off last Wednesday the 7th March and she is learning…

Ha ha ha....funny one hubby...minimal dramas. What about selling our existing house, a new baby, major surgery for our daughter and our daughter starting school full time! Think we might…

Hi again everyone,
Just wanted to ask for some advice/comments. We are still waiting to hear back from our builder but the link below is more or less what we are…

Havent built yet (still finalising our own plans and wont be far off) but another thing I thought of while on the subject of having a man hole in …

Can't really do the pantry at the front I dont think as that is part of our frontage. Might look odd (and use up space) to have windows in the…

Somewoman, we have been discussing exactly that last night as we were worried about losing the North facing sun into the dining/kitchen. THink that will be the go without losing…

Cant get image to work atm. So posted link

Think we are getting there. Still need internal access from garage but thinking that the natural spot for that is opposite the laundry and also missing bag storage for inside…

No, we dont need to access it from both back doors. Just wanted to have access to a wet area for the eventual swimming pool (hence the bathroom entrance) and…

Ok, we are a long way away from the original pavillion design BUT we are getting closer. Would be interested in any comments on this design. Currently sitting with builder…

Will be interesting to see what the outcome is. For what its worth it shouldnt matter where its measured from for the mattress. Their is a universal sizing that king…

Very interesting post and very timely. Our son went into his King Single yesterday (and had a great night sleep from 715 til 715 so very happy with that. Hes…

Somewoman, Did you guys ever investigate Stellar Homes when you were looking to build. I know you have talked about Decellis but so far Stellar have been really really good.…

You are all legends. Think we are getting there again and i'm actually starting to like it almost more than the pavillion plan. Think it might bring the budget down…

No pressure Somewoman, just wondering if you'd given ours any thought. We went back to your plan under 1 roof and are trying to play around with how to move…

OOOPPS. Meant to say in my previous post that we were looking at Somewomans design but putting the garage on teh LEFT side of the house not the RIGHT! Still…

Yes, Somewoman, you are right and the pavillions would have been magical. We are still putting thought into it cause we would still like pavilions and still waiting for Marco…

Hi,
Looks like we MIGHT be back to the drawing board after initiating some discussions with some builders. Although our pavillion plan is doable it is likely to cost in the…

Nope, didnt tell Marco that you'd been looking for work experience. Have you gone ahead and signed up?
I didnt see the cake you had made her just hubbies trial cake.…

Hi Somewoman,
Just want to know if there is anything you can't do.
Obviously good on the computer
Breed incredibly cute kids (we've got a tomboy too btw but she still likes her…

Hi everyone. Well yes, we did tell our architect we had enough. He thinks he's done more work than he really has. He is writing up an invoice and sending…

So here is what we finally sent to our architect (from whom we didnt get a very nice reply). Just for those that are interesed. Will let you know what…

Chippy, wow that is getting big. Cant see much detail at all but looks big!

Hi,
Thanks for the reply Somewoman. I am HOPING that this will come in at our budget (of between $400k -$450k). My builder friend has said around $420 and his homes…

Barker, yes and no with some of those things you've mentioned. For example there is a slight slope to the block but were the pavilions are its fairly flat. This…

Barker...depends what you mean when you say cost is not an issue! Certainly haven't won xlotto or anything like that. Do any of you have any guesses at what you…

Chippy, how old are your kids. To be honest I'm not sure I can ever see a time when ours will play completely nicely together (they have their very brief…

Thanks chippy. Think we want the rumpus to be a reasonable size cause once the kids are finished with the rumpus and can be trusted not to pull each others…

Thanks Somewoman. For some reason sometimes when I check posts I get image links and then other times it posts the actual image. That does look like a good setup.…

Thanks guys. Can't quite read chippies but can make most of it out. Alfresco to the left of dining with kitchen below that and storage at far left?
Think we might…