1151 Wightman St

After years of renting houses in the USA we are finally making preparations to move into our own place. Shaz and I have spent the past couple of months meeting various building contractors and engineers and trying to make lists of what we NEED to do to the new house, what we WANT to do and what we can actually AFFORD to do.  Not surprisingly the last of those three is the shortest list.  As a consequence and in typical fashion we have made a dramatic U-turn in our plans.  Plan A was to do a major remodel of the house while living in yet another temporary place until it is ready.  However, the effort of moving out of our most recent rental on Ivy Street has motivated Plan B, which is basically to move right in and do the remodeling work in stages. Despite the inevitable hassle of doing this we are much happier about this version because it means less time spent moving and less money spent renting.  It probably also means less money spent remodeling too although the result may be less impressive.

Here are some before and after pics of the new gaff!

One plan is to add a french door at the front, which would open onto the large patio.  My mate Gordon has does a nice job of photo-shopping this one.