The house

I have just realized that we have a lot of documentation on the blog about the land but absolutely nothing about the house or the builder. DJ and I have been working hard over the last few months to decide on a builder and style of house to suit our large family. After a lot, and I mean a lot of researching, we have decided to build with Cavalier Homes and have chosen the Coventry 32 house plan with many modifications to suit our needs. The pleasing thing about this house is that we have been able to keep a single story which suits not only our family but also our extended family in particular, where there are a few loved ones that would not be able to make it up to the upper story related to their physical needs. The original floor plan gave us a lot of scope to make many changes.

We have chosen a fairly large block which is 722 m2, it will fit the house on it as the frontage of the block is 17.50m and the width of the house is 15.75m including the garage, this means however that we won't be able to fit the caravan along either side of the house. It has been quite a challenge trying to figure out a way to get the caravan on the block, we have made some modifications to the garage to try and fit it in, however the land has an incline so we are not sure if we will be able to get it into the garage, if not we will face that challenge when we need to and try and figure out where the caravan will go.

The features this house are that each of the kids will have their own bedroom, DJ will have a study AT LAST, the downside for DJ is that it has a beautiful walk in cupboard with a lot shelves that I am sure I will take over with most of my quilt fabric and scrapbooking supplies - sorry DJ ;) There is a rumpus/play room, great sized laundry and kitchen and an alfresco/outdoor area which is under the roof line, great for BBQ's all year round.

We have chosen a classic facade so the front of the house will be all brick, the next stage is colour selections, we have an appointment with the builder in the next week or two so we have to make some final choices on our colour schemes so that we can sign the contract and get things underway.