Getting there slowly but surely

Things have slowed down a little bit in the design stakes.  The architect has been on holiday and is now busily finalising the latest version of our plans.  We've also had a beautiful week off on the gorgeous Sunshine Coast.  I think we managed to get the only 4 day stretch of sun they'd seen in a long time.  So very thankful for that.

But now it back to business time.  Below you'll see a new version of what our back extension will look like.  We're now going with a flat roof rather than the former pitched one.  It works out to be much simpler design from an engineering perspective and of course that means a lot of cash saved.  We still need to work out the back section.  I'm not happy that there are no eaves so we are awaiting a further revision to see what suggestions the architect has.

Timeline wise it looks more likely that we'll start in November now.  The builder will get a finalised set of documents by the end of October for him to price.  Then we'll just need the building permit and a signed contract.  Simple....sigh.

Based on our understanding of the timeline, I requested a 1 year extension on our current lease which would get us (hopefully) close to the finish date.  However, because of the frail health of the landlord we have only been offered 6 months.  So long as the landlord is well (read: alive), they are more than happy to have us stay longer.  We are sending her all our good vibes and positive thoughts.