MOVE IN DAY!

Wahoo, we finally did it!

Apologies to all our blog-watchers, who have been pleading with us for an update since we moved in.

While we were all extremely happy to finally be in (it still seems a bit surreal), we did spend the first four weeks trying to get various telecommunications companies to connect us with a phone and internet, in the end our very good friends at Telstra came through with the goods, so now we are on-line again. We appreciate the wait has been difficult for you, and you can surely understand how frustrating this has been for us. It even affected deliveries (see more below). We have backdated this post to mark the momentous day we moved in.

Anyway, enough dribble, here's what you've been waiting for, our NEW HOME: The first thing you see when you come down the driveway (other than the distinctive curved roofline) is the cedar garage door, now finished in Mahogany Red. Yes we need to finish off the safety railings and fencing.

The recycled ironbark posts at the front entrance have now been revealed. While we are waiting for contractors to come back to work after the Christmas break to build our front steps, the access will have to be though the garage and internal stairs:

When you make your way down the stairs you arrive at the Family Room. Once we had moved in the Fantastic Tub-Chairs, this area became affectionately known as "The Lobby Bar" :

On the other side of this large open space is the formal Lounge Room and TV:

In between these two living areas, at the hub of the house, is the Kitchen:

And this is the work area in the Pantry behind, where the toaster and other small appliances now live:

One of the minor dramas with the move was getting these two new Fridges delivered; waiting patiently without any home phone or mobile coverage, the delivery driver assumed we were not there and twice took them back to the warehouse. On the third day, when they finally understood we were home waiting, the concretors had poured wet cement along the full length of the driveway. So that was interesting but they're here now:

The leather lounge was imported from Malaysia, and although it came in 4 pieces, not one of them fitted through the sliding glass door at the side of the house. Luckily the delivery driver and his offsider were happy to manoeuvre them around the front of the pool area to get them in the larger terrace opening.

Its big enough to seat 10 (which we later proved on Boxing Day), nearly as good as the Chrysler in B52s Love Shack, you know the one that "Seats about 20"!

Our Outdoor Table looks inviting on the Terrace. Jacob found this corner was the only place he got an ounce of mobile coverage, and sent SMS messages from here and waited patiently for any replies.

Upstairs now, and here is our Master Bedroom:

And Ensuite:

Here's Jessica's Bedroom:

And Jacob's Room:

And finally, here is the Coffee Making Unit outside the Office:

We do hope that you will drop in for at least a coffee with us one day!