It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

In the beginning...


It feels like a lifetime but it's all happened at record-speed. Five months after moving 100+ crates of belongings into the new property, we're set for our next upheaval: the construction phase.

We've jumped all the hurdles in record time. With architect's feasibility study, design concepts, planning permission, Building Warrants and tenders out of the way, the appointed contractor is on-board and the demolition squad is due to move in within the next 10 days.

posted by Hard hatter at 21:21