Still hope

We've been doing lots of research recently... on the selling side, our pre- and post-building estimates seem to be about right (although real estate agent's predictions vary wildly - we're leaning to the conservative side). On the building side, we're had some encouraging conversations with builders on how to reduce the cost (without another trip to planning). Hopefully, we will have enough info to make a decision in the next month.

Bad start to a new year

Karen broke the bad news to us today - turns out that all the quotes received are higher than the original quote! Right now we're gathering info and assessing our options... and we're even considering selling. We've realised that our original planned building cost was on the low side, but we're not prepared to pay double our budget!