A dream to build a house, a build to house a dream
Once upon a time, in a far away land, lived a man who dreamed of building a home for his family to live in happily ever after. His old home had been destroyed by a fearsome yellow creature named Caterpillar, whose belly billowed smoke from the combustion of fossilised remains of dinosaurs. After entrusting his … Continue reading Our fairytale
Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention. Those of you north of 100 will have no difficulty in knowing what I’m talking about. Not because you may have had some regrets over your century on this earth, but because you may have been in your prime when Old Blue Eyes, … Continue reading Regrets, I’ve had a few…
They say that you need to build the same house three times before you learn enough to iron out all the mistakes. More than once through the build, I’ve cursed myself for not having thought of something earlier or made a slightly different decision. One such time was the 900mm offset from our southern side … Continue reading Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good
It took more than two months from the date of handover but were finally back in our own home! I’m not a gifted enough writer to properly articulate how happy I am to be back home after more than a year away. I suppose I feel a bit like this: The process and pace of … Continue reading The void that has filled our hearts
Those of you who have stayed with me on my long and verbose journey may recall my trials and tribulations with regards to the ovens. The long and short of it is that I pulled the plug on upgrading the ovens with Eden Brae’s supplier. They had a problem with respecting arithmetic logic and I … Continue reading The oven saga – a reprise
It was around three years ago that we seriously considered building a new home for our family. It was two years ago when we decided that Eden Brae’s Waldorf 50 was the right home for us and signed on the dotted line. And it’s been almost a year since we knocked down our much loved, … Continue reading Handover – at long last!
PCI. Three little letters, which outside of the context of building a home, mean very little. But within the microcosm of home building, it’s quite possibly the most exciting three little letters you’ll hear. PCI stands for the Practical Completion Inspection. Translation: the end is nigh! After the long and arduous journey of choosing a … Continue reading PCI – an exciting anticlimax
One of the enjoyable things about writing this blog is that I am occasionally contacted by readers. Some seek advice, others simply say thanks for writing something that has helped them, and then very occasionally, there’s a reader that regales me with their own trials and tribulations from their build. When that happens, it warms … Continue reading The right choices
I wouldn’t call myself a libertarian. I understand the value of governments and government bodies in ensuring a fair, vibrant and harmonious society. But like most people, I don’t necessarily appreciate it when the government tells me what to do when I don’t particularly want to do it. No, this is not a post about … Continue reading A private affair
Unless you are of noble stock and used to living in a castle with servants, I am almost certain that you would agree that a 50 square home is a large home. Eden Brae’s Waldorf Grange 50 is a monstrously large house. There’s simply no other way to describe it. At various points in our … Continue reading Useable space, useless space, and show-off space
Eden Brae Waldorf 50 