It's done! Well, sort of. Some of you have heard me whining about the drama we have had building our house over the past few years.→[More:]Between major weather problems, including when I took two months off work way back at the start, intending to get the bulk of the framing done and the roof on and it rained every single day, the collapse of the original building company that was supplying all the components and the subsequent major drama in figuring out and then arranging finance, periods of frantic activity and long periods of feeling so depressed about the whole thing that I didn't touch it for months, it's been a trial to say the least. We were on the brink of putting it on the market, knowing we were going to take an absolute hammering but not caring six months ago. After one last burst of motivation, we finally started to get somewhere late last year.

Well, we finally moved in a few weeks ago! It's not 100% finished and there is still a lot of work to do, but we couldn't stand living in a tin shed a moment longer, so broke the vow of not moving in until it was 100% complete. The interior walls are not painted, there are still some light fittings to buy and install, the doors are not painted (and we have no handles for them yet anyway), the deck is not built and there are a few other things to tidy up before I can call it finished. But at least I can finally call it home.