Week 1: Demolition!

So whilst technically, this is week 1 of construction, in reality it has been almost 2 years in the making. Two years of dreaming, procrastinating, researching, planning, procrastinating, consulting, meetings, and decisions. So. Many. Decisions. 

We'll touch on some of these throughout the course of the next 35 weeks, but it seemed easiest to start the blog on week 1: the demolition! Why 35 weeks? That's the time frame our builder has quoted, nay, guaranteed us, within which our new home will be completed. 

So we received final bank approval a few weeks ago and since then have been impatiently waiting for work to commence. 

Firstly, the asbestos removal guys took about a week to do their thing. Then the builder scheduled the demo. After a few false starts, this afternoon we watched the heavy machinery roll down our little street and with startling speed, began tearing through our old home. In the hour that followed, we experienced a mixture of sadness, fascination and excitement as we watched our little red cottage being systematically reduced to rubble. 

Of course we captured photos, video and also some cool drone footage of the destruction. I'll post the drone footage once I've edited it. 

We'll return tomorrow to survey the aftermath...