Should I Stay or Should I go

A container of clamps eh? Might almost be enough.

Richard

Dont forget to build the shed first - not really as silly as it sounds as you can store stuff there during the building.

Good luck nevertheless in whatever happens.

Cheers

Plan is to get the shed plans into the council a few weeks before settlement so we can start as soon as we own the block. We get the shed built and put a ruddy great corro water tank off it (another reason for wanting a big shed). Then we sit back and pray for rain.

Last time we moved, we said we were never going to move again. Now it looks like we'll be moving twice in 12 months. Oh well, never say never.

SilentC,

I doubt if your shed's roof will provide sufficient water to meet your family's needs. With your annual rainfall it should collect about 80 KL per year, roughly a quarter of our annual water consumption.

Rocker

If you want water, we have some in Melbourne after last night.

One inch deep in the shed :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Rocker, we will be required by council to install a 30,000 litre tank which will be supplied from the roof of the house when it is built. In the meantime, a nice big tank (about 7,000 litres) off the shed will give us some water for building and so on. We will also be installing a grey water treatment system to supply the toilet cisterns and water the gardens. We could build a dam at the bottom of the block but will probably wait until the kids are a bit older.

WB, we got a fair bit of it up here too. Fortunately most of the tourists have gone home, so we don't have to listen to them complaining about the weather any more :D

Accepted an offer prior to auction. Exchanged contracts this afternoon. Too late to turn back now. :eek: :D

nothing ventured nothing gained silent C

as I told my son when I came out here to live .. if we don't like it then we'll go somewhere else .. but if we don't go we'll always wonder if we would have liked it.

SilentC,

Congratulations; I am sure you won't regret it (so long as you clear enough trees, so that you won't be endangered by bushfires).

Rocker

Ditto to what Rocker said SC, sincerely wish for an exciting period in your life with all its challenges and that yours and your familie's expectations are fulfilled.

Cheers :)

So how many times have you drawn & redrawn the shed layout???? :D

Thanks all. Now the fun starts.

I haven't put pen to paper on the shed yet, SWMBO has been swamping my mind with house floor plans, but have to get serious about it now. There's a mob down here called Ranbuild that has a two story shed, kind of like an American barn style thing but the centre bit is much higher and there's a second floor in it. I'm going to get a price on one of those so I can have my office in the top and workshop in the bottom.

Not much timber on the block unfortunately. There's a bit of old growth stuff down in the gully, probably 20 or so mature trees - haven't identified them yet - plus a small stand of young stuff half way up the hill. Will try to leave it untouched and keep the house and shed well away from it.

Congratulations and boy you did it in a hurry. :)

So you are going to have a big shed yeah? Hmmm do you think Mrs SilentC would like the idea of an 18-holes indoor putt-putt? :rolleyes:

I'm going to see the shed man next week and put a few ideas through his computer. It'll be as big as I can make it, don't you worry about that ;)

The missus has already got her chip and putt course planned out. We have a half hectare of cleared land down the back which is going to be put aside for it. Can't have her hitting golf balls in the shed, she might ding one of my machines :D