Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Yep so far, the house extension has involved more destroying of our existing house and verandahs then anything else. But its all for good in the long run.

We briefly panicked when the footings went in and we could see outlines of rooms - they didnt look nearly big enough! But we got out the measuring tape and measured the room dimensions out and compared them to our existing living spaces and no the rooms are still generous sizes and we are just struggling to visualise them properly from flat footings.

This is what we started with, the left side is where the extension is going, it will protrude at right angles from the existing house so this front garden will be more like a courtyard (as the shed is perpendicular on the right side of the house)

This is the side of the house that the extension is coming out of and the deck will be on piers off this hill. We had the excavator that did the cutting of the fill, move those fruit trees to our top garden where we are starting an orchard.


Goodbye back verandah - half of it is being replaced as well as new verandahs being added around the extension. That window is Elka's room and she is still living in it!


Digging the footings, this area will be our walk in robe and ensuite bathroom


Concrete pouring for the footings



The footings poured - this front area is the double carport and the study. Also shows the view that the deck will have over the dam.


Todays work included knocking out the existing brickwall to make way for the new living area and to join the slabs together

So much to go but its getting exciting (and oh so messy!)