sneak peak

I'm a visual person.  Casting my eyes onto how things will look,  to imagine the bigger picture and how tiny samples will look hundreds time their actual size.   This trait is somewhat of an issue when building a house from scratch and having to rely on the old noggin for imagery that is yet to be put into a tangible visual for my eyes to feast upon.

These images, completed by our architect at the time of designing the floor plan has helped tremendously in piecing together the two demential into three and morphing our ideas into life.  I giggle at the silhouette people standing in my virtual house.  Which one am I?  The one in the kitchen no doubt.

It's like a little sneak peak into what our house will look like.  A vision that is helping me create a house into our home, adding depth, detail, texture and life.   You can see from image two our house design has a major focus on sustainability, using what nature will give us and maximising its power.  Windows are key to our house design.  They are everywhere, yet with a purpose.   This weekend we'll visit our house again...check and double check all the windows and make sure their just right the frames are all made up.  I can't wait to see the potential views we will have....


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bricks & water

We've come up this weekend to check out the progress at the block. A marvellous day, the first few days of Autumn, and not a cloud in the sky.  Here at night it's already beginning to get fresh...blanket weather, which is welcome given the humid heat of late in Melbourne.

It's been a few weeks since I've been and during that time, I knew that the brickies were starting and that a pump had been ordered.  Lo and behold we turn up and there are the beginnings of brick footings and the pump is actually connected and trenched.  It actually looks like a building site.   There is bore access on our land, which means a good, regular supply of water which shouldn't ever run out.  It's been tested and it will be perfect for irrigation and even drinking if need be.   We also have the power cables in the shed waiting for the sparky to fit some lights and switches.  Very exciting times.

The Kangaroos however were looking a little stern as to why we interrupted their siesta.


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this just in....

It's days like these that I simply love technology.  From 300km away, I can feel that I am almost there....these shots sent by either the builder or my beloved are the very beginnings of our home.  And now that I've uploaded them, and downloaded them, they are free for all to see.  See, today I love technology.

The house has begun....

The 13 Acres Family
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