Big decisions

(No Givinya, this is not about your dream)

We recently decided that we will renovate our house. While we have been considering and planning toward it for years now the decision to go ahead with a specific plan has really only been made recently.

It is exciting to know that we are going ahead with our plans and that the house that looks so good on paper will soon be a reality.

There is lots of little things left to happen before the building starts, including:

• soil testing
• surveying
• finalising plans with engineering stuff
• moving out to enable renovation
• moving in with in-laws
• choosing tiles, windows, doors, etc etc

So far we have

• finalised the architectural drawings
• chosen a builder
  
• removed the massive Jacaranda tree from the front yard that would have been in the way of the drive way

Before the Jacaranda was cut down. It was almost three times the size of our house...


And after it was removed...

suddenly the house seems small.

Anyway, I am sure there will be more renovation related posts in the future. It seems like the sort of stressful expensive project that will create some great blog fodder. :)