Grand Designs Eaglemont: The Two House Project: Back House_Week One....

As I have mentioned to you all previously, TraderVic are embarking upon a major building project - we are building two brand new homes on our very large block here in Eaglemont.  This will eventually necessitate pulling down our family home and replacing it with a brand new "dream" home for TraderVic and I.  This will be the Front House.  As our block is so large, we are also building another home in the back yard whilst still living in the original house.  This is called the Back House and is being built first.  I am hoping to document this grand adventure every week. I hope that you enjoy sharing this journey with me.

So, Week One has sped by with not a lot of progress but at least a start!

Here is how the backyard looked before anything started... green and very leafy.

Day One saw a little bit of change as the tree protection fencing went up around the three or four trees the council allowed us to keep - we were quite surprised the normally very green council seem to have adopted rather a slash and burn approach with our garden.  Although, you should see the Landscape plan that they have forced us to create for when it is all finished!

If you squint you can just see the fencing and the orange block surrounding the tree, above.

Then a very large skip arrived, below.

Which is now chockers with our rubbish from under the house and the downstairs junk room - this is what twenty years and (eventually) seven adults living in a home looks like! lol!

Anyway, wait until you see next week's photos - the slash and burn has taken place!  Our home now looks bald!

Just thought that I would leave you with a pretty photo - a recent sunrise.

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