bunyip
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Finally happened, into the new home although travelling back to the old pplace a few times a week to pick up bits and pieces, 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom on 38 acres and it is starting to get expensive.
Just haad about half fenced and that was $20k, need a bore and tank which will be about another $20k ($150 per metre plus 10% tax), solar panels are going up next month and some electrical work to be done, another $10k, have got 4 horses here with 6 more to come, tractor coming up later in the week along with my woodworking machinery.
Wife is happy, daughters happy, water cooled visa card starting to get very hot but overall I am quite pleased how well it has gone, had to satellite for internet and phone but cost is similar to before, house is a lot brighter than the old place and well insulated so stays quite warm during the cool nights (by our standards, 7C is cold).
Back to pick up another 2 horses today then the german shepherd who is looking after the old place.
Feeling like a kid on xmas day.
Just haad about half fenced and that was $20k, need a bore and tank which will be about another $20k ($150 per metre plus 10% tax), solar panels are going up next month and some electrical work to be done, another $10k, have got 4 horses here with 6 more to come, tractor coming up later in the week along with my woodworking machinery.
Wife is happy, daughters happy, water cooled visa card starting to get very hot but overall I am quite pleased how well it has gone, had to satellite for internet and phone but cost is similar to before, house is a lot brighter than the old place and well insulated so stays quite warm during the cool nights (by our standards, 7C is cold).
Back to pick up another 2 horses today then the german shepherd who is looking after the old place.
Feeling like a kid on xmas day.
. I know the feeling about the expense of projects. Seems like they never stop cropping up. We have been on our place 11 years and still working on it. Just finished adding a 14'X20' enclosed workshop with HVAC to the 30'X40' shop building for my wife to do her stained glass, $20,000. Need to replace the front fence which is 560' of fence plus a new entrance gate, plus do some more cross fencing, cost to be determined. Have already removed the old fence plus had the dead trees in the treeline taken down.
