As mentioned, we're building a new home and I've already written about our decision to build new rather than renovate so thought I'd share some of the specific things we'll include in planning our new home. You'll see none of these are reasonably achievable by renovating...
- Bigger yard
- More room for the kids to play.
- Larger entertaining area and more space to separate from the kid’s play area.
- Larger pool - we’ve squeezed a 5.5 x 2.5 plunge pool into our current (small) yard.
- Better natural light throughout the house
- Natural light is beautiful and we want it throughout the house.
- Create a more energy efficient home.
- Our current home isn’t optimally positioned so we miss the natural light.
- Bath in the ensuite
- #Wifey loves a good bath so she wants her own freestanding in our ensuite rather than having to share with the kids.
- Larger entry
- Our current entry goes straight into a hallway and isn’t very welcoming.
There’s a raft of other things, mostly up-specs and nice-to-haves but again, doing those things to the current house won’t give us an overall and complete satisfaction. There'll be too much compromise.
Would love to hear about some of the things you’d like to change about your home and how that ties into your reno/DIY plans 🙂
