The Castle is officially our own!

On 1 July 2011, the settlement was granted for our first house. In the past it was something we had only ever dreamt of - owning our own house. We never even gave a thought about renovating especially with a young child. We know other people do it but we just didn't think we would have the patience or knowledge to be able to. And to be completely honest, we really still can't believe that we are.

Here is a rough plan of the house "before" - keep in mind this definitely isn't to scale one bit but atleast you'll have some idea of what we are talking about in our posts. :) 

The house was originally built sometime around the 1950's. Maybe earlier or maybe later, not really sure.

The Castle's exterior is a white vinyl/plastic cladding or siding.


It has an enclosed porch entrance, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen, small bathroom, small laundry with an extra extra wide hallway.

To the rear of the block, there is a single car shed, an old shack which might have been an old laundry, a garden shed, outdoor toilet, large clothes line, a mature lemon tree & an overgrown wattle. And a bunch of weeds.


Alot of work but even more potiential.

Our castle

Enclosed porch entrance

  Bathroom

Laundry

Kitchen & Dining area

 Lounge room

 Part of the backyard

So that's our castle.

This is our first blog, so let us know what you think.