kate and graeme

This afternoon we have received notice from our conveyancors that the land we were purchasing has settled.  This is great news for us as it represents the completion of the first phase of getting our own place.  The next stage - getting a house built - will be a somewhat longer process, however we hope to be moved in sometime in Autumn next year.

Building a house is the next step in our little family’s life journey together and we have wanted very much to be in our own space for such a long time now that it is really starting to feel overdue.  While we are looking forward to watching the house go up, at the same time there is an element of can it be done already, as we are very much looking forward to have our little bit of the world that we can arrange how we like without worrying about landlords, real estate agents et al and on the financial side progressing our assets rather than paying someone else’s mortgage. Though we are also lucky that we are able to stay at Kate’s parents until the house is built and not have to worry about renting and it’s issues currently.

The only downside to building a house, is well the organisation that it requires - it is very time consuming.   Which explains for the lack of updates here. As between catching up with people and life in general after our move back from London, we have been looking at (many, many) display homes, organising mortgages, going to brickyards, contract appointments or just pouring over plans to make sure we are getting what we want.

We hope to journal the construction of our new home on this blog, so check back to keep up to date with what is happening.  I’ll try and start by putting up some photos of the land.  Also, we haven’t forgot about journaling the 3-4 trips that we took torwards the end of our time in Europe and will hopefully get those up in drips and drabs, in the not too distant future.

Lastly, if you reside in Sydney and haven’t caught up with us yet feel free to leave a comment and we’ll try and organise something.

Till next time,

-Graeme

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