It's starting...

Building has (unofficially) started! This week the plumber laid pipes underground and next week the ground will be evened out.

The bath may be back in (but we're not getting our hopes up too much), we've got some gorgeous silk and silk organza material for curtains (thanks to Charlie & Saskia) and we've started to think about kitchen colours - matt antique white for the cupboards, with a similar-coloured white stone for the benchtops.

Building permit issues

Seems like there are a few minor hold-ups with the building permit.

I need to take some photos of the neighbour's trees, so the engineer can assess if they'll affect the foundations and we need to inform the neighbours that we're building (as we're building on the boundaries).

Doesn't seem too difficult, so hopefully our building permit will be approved soon.