And so it transpired that we moved in July 2009.
Somehow we had to justify to ourselves that it was OK to reneg on our commitment to retrofitting. We did this on the basis of cost, degree of difficulty and lack of confidence in the final outcome. We know some people won't accept this or may have persevered more but for us, after many long conversations, this is where we ended up.
The place we moved to is cute to look at but essentially a knock down. We have squeezed the five of us in and will live here until we work out what to do.
It seems we have got lucky again with great neighbours. The location is about four blocks from our old place so still very much part of our local community.
The next phase of this journey now begins - what kind of place to design and who with. And what to do with the existing house. Could it be possible to sell and relocate it rather than smash it to smithereens?
