Our House

Our House!, originally uploaded by laureljadewilliams.

This is mine and Ash's 1940's state house bungalow. Evan and Siggy's is just across the street. We have a far, far away view of the sea and a gorgeous, blank hillside behind our house that seems very surreal. Ash says that we live in the Bronx, which just seems like a joke when you're from America. Having grown up in an actual crappy neighborhood I feel like I've won the lottery.

We bought this house, our first house without ever seeing it. That's not true, we'd seen the outside while visiting Ev and Sig, but never the inside. Relying on their opinion, trust in the building practices of the New Zealand government in the 40's and Ash's builder Dad's expert opinion we put in an offer. It was accepted and we moved in a couple of months later.

This house, I love. It's completely untouched on the inside and has been well-maintained on the outside. We get to do it up without having to do to many major systemic updates and the fact that it's across from our family/best friends is the best part of all.

We've been here for about 3 months and have rennovated our bedroom and are almost done with the office/spare room. We don't know if we should tackle the terracing out back or the major kitchen/lounge wall-removing overhaul extravaganza. Ash is an avid gardener and spring is coming....then again so is our new stove that we can't wait to cook on.