Not been posting much about the home recently mostly because it's actually been less action. We've gone around looking at furniture and lights and appliances and sanitary fittings (and being appalled by some of the prices we are seeing) and have been updating our budget sheet. We've also sent off various requests for quotations and some have come ( Read more... )

So I've been playing around with Google Sketchup, initially just to try and reproduce (and then modify easily) our floorplan, but yesterday I managed to actually try my hand at the 3D part of things and came up with the following image to illustrate what I meant when I tell people to quote me for a pergola/trellis at our balcony:


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Stuff I've been lusting for the new place:


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And since I officially passed the property agent the cheque for the balance of the $5000 deposit and signed page 8 of the option to purchase, I think we can proudly say we are well on my way to owning our own place!


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