From the ground up..

I have been really slack with writing about the rise of the De Luca residence...

Building a new house is seriously exciting after so many renovations. So here are our phases to date!

I have spent the last 6 months choosing every single element to the house from door handle heights; colours; tiles, windows – you name it!

So for me, it felt like the house was built last year - all to choose now is interior wall colours

Things are well under way now though.

Phase #1

This is our land, purchased from a farmer that has had it in his family for 5 generations. We feel so privileged to be building our family home here.

            Phase #2

                               Scraping the surface

          The digger truck arrived at 7am, clouded by  the  morning fog. This fog didn’t lift until well into the day... a standard thing in the valley - Hamish in this pic is our site manager.

 Phase #3

  Digging a huge hole!

We were surprised the way Strongbuild have carved into the land! We envisioned our house sitting in a field – a bit like a sore thumb, this is grand designs KV style!

 Phase #4

Water and Septic Tanks

This hole is the size of a massive swimming pool! Our life time supply of water, in the event of extreme drought which will no doubt hit the valley again in years to come.

 Phase #5

Concrete Slab being poured. Really starting to see our house now, although this does make it look super small – but apparently that’s what all clients say!

 Phase #6

Up go the frames – house is starting to look like a real house!

Strongbuild are awesome, Can’t wait to get down there to see for myself. The hardest part is being so far away and not watching each part of our dream take shape.