I, the blogger, lover of fine things and self proclaimed director of house planning, am Melanie. Happily known as Mel, I am half of the duo involved in this building project. My other (he might say better and more dashing) half is Tom, the pragmatist and calm voice of reason. We are young professionals who have spent the last 3 years of our lives navigating the post university world of relocating in search of desirable jobs, living in a range of less than sensational rental properties, and being generally frivolous with our newly acquired incomes (cocktails in Hawaii anyone?).
I am city girl, moved by chance to the rural Mid North Coast of NSW where I have slowly been seduced by the picturesque beaches, rolling rural landscapes and relaxed pace (oh, and Tom who was already living here!). We decided to take the plunge and invest in our own futures by getting our own home. The choice to build came easily as the real estate slump following the GFC has resulted in very reasonably priced land in good locations on the coast.
So far the planning has been an enormous undertaking and we spent many months researching our building options. Our final choice was to build the Chesterfield Executive with McDonald Jones Homes. We are in love with the house! This will be a house built for our enjoyment, to host our friends and families in social gathering and perhaps grow into as the years pass.
The planning is in full swing and today we attended our colour studio walk through. We have spent the evening with paint sample cards, brochures and cupboard finish samples sprawled all over our dining room table. So far things are progressing well but we have a lot to do before colour selections.
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