Dapplegrey school3/16/2023 ![]() (I blame working in retail as a teenager and using a ‘folding’ board. I fold them perfectly, put them in colours and lengths etc. My friends know I am a little obsessive compulsive when it comes to clothes. I love clothes and hats and have dreamt of the day when they can all hang neatly with a nice little space between each item. AND for me – I wanted a huge WIR – think Carrie Bradshaw. No trying to squeeze things under the wardrobe frame to make use of the space towards the roof. So much space and it’s easier to keep it neat and you can actually use the whole space. – Walk in Robes: I wanted WIR’s for the children’s bedrooms as I had one as a teenager and my siblings didn’t. – Wider garage: lots of the garages were only 5.5m x 6m – this size garage might fit two cars in it, but good luck opening the doors with children, and where are you going to store the bikes, prams, lawn mowers, christmas tree and all the other garage stuff? (And my husband doesn’t even have many tools.) Some of the main points on our list were: We won’t know our ourselves in this large home! Both displays are the Airlie 33 and we are building the Airlie 38 with an extension over the garage creating a ‘Grand Master’ – making the home 41 squares. The downside is the floor plan we are building doesn’t have a display. The home that ticked most of the boxes with minimal changes (as changing the plans costs money) is The Airlie – by Boutique Homes Victoria. A lot of people told us to knock down and start over… so to cut a long story short, that’s what we are doing. Initially, we were going to extend our existing home, but after working on the plans we just couldn’t quite get what we wanted. When we first started looking we found plenty of homes we liked, some I was drawn to by the facade, others the floor plan and some quickly got cut from the list when we sat down and studied the plans. So while we wait to win lotto for the “Dream Home”, we are going to build our “Family Home”. The Theatre room would be a full sized cinema and there would be numerous spaces for entertaining and relaxing. I’m not going to call it a “Dream Home” – as that would involve a mega sized house with cleaners and cooks and a trainer – and of course a quarter for them all to live in!!! It would have a pool with water slide and swim up bar, a couple of tennis courts (one for the adults and one for the kids), actually lets have two pools while we are at. At first visiting display homes is exciting – but then after two weekends the “novelty” wears off and the kids are over it, and lets be honest so is the hubby!!! I remember being a teenager and visiting houses for over a year with my mum and siblings – ahhhhhhh, just build the house already, any house will do, I just want my own bedroom!!! So after driving across the state we found our home. So many of my friends and family have trod this path, and they all have similar stories. I would be lying if I said it has been a joyous occasion – the soil hasn’t even been turned and many a tear has already been shed. ![]() So my husband and I are walking down the path of building a new home.
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