19/08/2026
2.5 YEARS. 😩
That’s how long we’ve been living like this.
It took 1.5 years just to get council approval, and we’ve now officially hit the 12-month mark waiting for our Construction Certificate.
And we STILL don’t have it. Although apparently… it’s close. 🤞🏻😂
To say this whole process has been soul crushing is an understatement.
We will NEVER, EVER renovate again… well, not anything that requires council approval anyway. 😂
Not that we have any plans to move. We absolutely love our block, our home and everything this space gives our boys growing up. Which I think is what has made the last 2.5 years even harder.
For two and a half years it’s been red dirt, dust, mess, constant weeding, half-finished spaces and request after request after REQUEST from council, engineers and everyone else involved.
All while forking out thousands and thousands of dollars with absolutely ZERO physical progress on the actual renovation.
I just want to eat dinner outside with my family under our patio.
I want the boys to come home from school on a stinking hot summer afternoon and jump straight into the pool.
I want to look outside and not see red dirt and weeds.
And I would LOVE to stop being asked by friends, family and clients:
“So… when will the reno be finished?”
FINISHED?!?!
WE HAVEN’T EVEN FREAKING STARTED!!! 😩😂
Anyway… it finally looks like we might actually be able to make a start very soon. 🤞🏻
And I’m sure the second I see something actually happening, I’ll find my little “reno spark” again and become completely obsessed with it.
But until then… surely I’m not the only person who has been emotionally destroyed by council approvals and renovating? 😂
Because there genuinely needs to be a support group for this bu****it. 🙋🏼♀️😂
I would also genuinely like to point out that, these are problems we are lucky to have. At least we have a home, we have our health,all our limbs blah blah blah but we work really freaking hard running our own businesses and so want to reap the rewards before we die of old age 🤦🏻♀️😂
