House Among the Gum Trees

We are finally moving into our new home. What a journey it has been! The building inspector was most impressed with the work Peter has done ...

We are still building with our move now postponed till September. As you can see, we have had our fair share of building delays (trust me th...

It has been a busy few months, with many ups and downs. The final coat of render ended up being a real trial, as we decided to hand render t...

After the bush fire scares (which now have lasted for weeks), we are extremely relieved and happy that the house (and us) are still safe. Th...

We have finally got all the windows and doors in! It is now less of a building site as you cannot enter without keys! We are very pleased wi...

In the last weeks, we have been busy with rendering the walls. The bales will be coated with three coats of earthen render - a mix of sand a...

It has been a long and painful wait to get the roof on! While we were waiting for the roof to come on, we had stormy weather with high winds...