My Porter Davis Build Blog

This is our customised floorplan... Ground Floor: Some of the major changes are marked up in the picture... Added a door to close off the study for some privacy Added walls to close off the Dining. With the enclosed rear option, a lot of people complained about that plumbing stack in the middle of nowhere so we've put in a wall with a big void in the middle to section it off a bit better Added shower to the powder room. This is in case anyone is sleeping staying downstairs or can't walk upstairs for any reason, they can use the shower downstairs.  Added manhole to the garage. Easier for tradies to get up there and do stuff. No idea what yet though. lol Garage is now 6m wide instead of the standard 5.5m The internal access door in the garage has been widened to 920mm (to fit all the shopping bags through). All the door ways and bulkheads have been made higher to 2340mm, except for the theartre bulkheads. Apparently they need them lower to fit in the plumbing...

My demolition has commenced... Here's our old house. Was rented our for just under two years so not quite emotionally attached to it as if it was a place I've lived in.  It was a good house. 3 bedrooms, 2 living areas, deck, underground cellar / storage. Could quite easily have renovated it to live in but we decided a knock down rebuild was the best course for us. Can't wait to live in a brand spanking new house! The kids were excited to see the excavator roll in. Sadly, the kids only got to see it roll in and park there. They were supposed to start demolishing 2:30pm on a Thursday. My wife took the kids there to watch but they must have been busy at another site because there was no action that day. By the time we went to have a look again the next day, it had already been knocked down. They must have started very early in the morning! Poor neighbours. The demolition is expected to finish this week. Everything is to be removed. All in all, it wi...