OK latest news...new house at "The Swamp"

We are all celebrating the "at last" move out of George Street. There are only so many years you can say "this is the last winter I am having in this place." So last winter was the last time. Dec 22 we shifted into the place Valley Road, Waimauku. This was no easy move, oh no. A year of looking with the parameters changing every few weeks. The only parameter that held tight was "it must be sunny". After 10 years in a cold dark villa that was the only feature we were sure of...then we had to juggle - room for the office, the two kids, the nanny, the stock, a dog, a garden, friends to stay. We had a few near misses for example the ex P-house. Our offer was in and the agent rang to say that she had looked at the fine print on the PIM and it said that "products for making P had been found on the property"...oh great, where there is smoke there is fire. Note to self lets make sure we get the LIM and PIMS especially on older houses in the Waitakere's. The funny part was the agents response. "Oh I'm afraid that is quite common."

But all of that aside, we moved over the ranges down the hill and into the sun. We discovered sunny Muriwai/Waimauku (or should we say it discovered us) and after a long drawn out buying process, here we are. A three year old house on 5 acres.

We inherited 2 kune kune pigs, wild turkey, wild rabbits, wild peacocks, wild ducks, more birds than you can shake a stick at, more insects that I ever imagined and more sun than I could ever think was possible!! Not to mention heaps of space for the boys to run around.




Project 1: The kids tree house..."Uncle Ed's house for a few weeks" - Solid!!