a man's home is his castle.
Our castle was completed in 1997, however, you never finish a home and as our family and ideas grew so did our castle.
Our place as it was when Ka first arrived in 2003.
The back of the house which the local kangaroos liked but we were not happy with.
Getting stuck into the new garden; and a new finished home for our pineapples.
Garden edges were Ka's next project for me. They made the gardens neat and mowing easier and it didn't matter that we had never bricked before. We became such champion weekend warriors that we edged every garden we had - and some new ones we made.
With plans for a dog the fence became our next project.
Digging the foundations and doing the brick corners first.
The poles went up next.
And finally the wood.
The finishing touches were done by us. Ka painted the wood and K bricked in the bottom gaps - with some help from little Sven - so that our puppy couldn't get out.
The next project proved our biggest so we enlisted outside help. With the birth of our first child a matter of months away we took the big decision to build up and add another story to accommodate our growing family.
The materials arrive.
First the roof came off and the new frame went up.
After the frame came the walls and a temporary roof to keep out the weather.
Next the walls were filled in and the roof constructed and tiled.
The outside was then rendered and painted.
The finishing touches were put on.
And finally our new home took on its new shape.
In Ka's 4 years here we went from this....................................................................to this.
And we were very happy with the results and our new castle.......its always ready for visitors!
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