This is the year....Plans and plot.

So Im new to this blogging business but have been so insipred by others i have found I want to start one to hopefully insipre others and to keep track of our build. Quite a lot has happened and a lot of decisions have been made so I thought Id track a few on here with an idea of times. Firstly our plans have been finalised and will be going to council as soon as work starts again after NY. I think it has taken 5 or 6 tenders in total a lot with minor chamges and a few delays such as loosing our original sales guy which was a shame as he was brill and really helped us out with a lot of queries (some Im sure quite naive!) The biggest hurdle we have had is that our plot although huge (1590sqm) a lot is exclusion zone for bush fire so we cant put a structure up in over 2/3rds of it and its sloping. Hence our decision to build with montgomery. We have gone for a full split design which we are really happy with and flipped the design so living areas are downstairs and living/rumpus upstairs so a bit more traditional but easier with young kids. We have extended the house at the back to get a few more sqm on the floor plan and added a nive big alfresco that we will oneday hopefully be able to afford to make into a nice big deck to sit and chill on with a glass of wine looking out on the bush! We have made a few changes to the layout and windows etc and really happy with the resulting plans (fingers crossed).