tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408359362236399642024-03-06T00:13:35.519-08:00Building our Ivanhoe with Porter DavisOur lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840835936223639964.post-66713732928133962782010-07-18T07:23:00.000-07:002010-07-18T07:51:15.355-07:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div>I'll post some inspiration pics, taken from displays that we just love.</div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We always come back to the same type of colours/themes.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One particular display that we really liked was at Officer in the Arena estate, Porter Davis have the Camberwell 29, the interior was all themed American Hamptons.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From the neutral wall colour to the wall paneling to the dark wood furniture, they got this one right.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We felt the style of home was right for us, and aim to style our new home the same.</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUUWbE-ddKospb8GodzS8qmtDB4dTGtwtWE13g52WKcVJDhG6Tvnpga3BvYpviwVxjXRAHih3xBTCdpopL1UfxLGFcOdGeodDWnPsqG3GQEZRxOXHQ2v8ScRHG00JV2jAx9xjO57WqS8/s1600/IMG_0868.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvew9sK7lKbEGKhJ0ofLkdcEitf9tX5ghKtOJvpioQ0JIvm-7yIs2J7AMifqQymz4mSX-2zY5hwvfPTuOx2j5Yq14I6kHfgjwYpn2euvvDYMTcG_6Mpq-Dzu2b0PqdTJVMLfUIhNdZqA/s320/IMG_0873.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495253132475273026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlqoPaqnbqLomPRixAVQcky1ZcpuzJb1hb_g3oBZtR-zcksacv4owQYJiR08X7Xrqg7XMoWNmly2vBnauEaLIOvoEKiZwKAm4NBx8n51dDSU7ZSKmcm_KGfDHeE2tSEtTqjpxOdpxVWI/s1600/IMG_0875.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlqoPaqnbqLomPRixAVQcky1ZcpuzJb1hb_g3oBZtR-zcksacv4owQYJiR08X7Xrqg7XMoWNmly2vBnauEaLIOvoEKiZwKAm4NBx8n51dDSU7ZSKmcm_KGfDHeE2tSEtTqjpxOdpxVWI/s320/IMG_0875.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495252538908022450" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Our lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840835936223639964.post-12062455812583518122010-07-18T03:23:00.000-07:002010-07-18T03:35:52.162-07:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">You may be able to see the start of some other homes in our street here, all we have so far is a lot of nice green grass</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oxg3YoCtOFWA2QTwNWNtvbnkhKs-diAaxpM_C9K5EnR5chcnLH4zz7rOSVz7Ptqq5357Fti_zSgxW5P12_BhcqlEkLH2Px4Cmb_GEbJuks3cEqvBX0YJRG-4xcluk0FvFweWtvShLjQ/s1600/IMG_0992.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oxg3YoCtOFWA2QTwNWNtvbnkhKs-diAaxpM_C9K5EnR5chcnLH4zz7rOSVz7Ptqq5357Fti_zSgxW5P12_BhcqlEkLH2Px4Cmb_GEbJuks3cEqvBX0YJRG-4xcluk0FvFweWtvShLjQ/s320/IMG_0992.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495192505875333698" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25UN6zASyGG6-Sw3aOrG1ekDVXUhNA0LE2IaXEwIpA2IJHffg1o0CbuwR5apg0HdLithpT6mHVEB0Fy-xnhbYMyj0XZOyEpoY3SICXBfLFPhmClVnXqQIWTPiSRalTsVVLqKZP3KQTmg/s1600/IMG_0991.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25UN6zASyGG6-Sw3aOrG1ekDVXUhNA0LE2IaXEwIpA2IJHffg1o0CbuwR5apg0HdLithpT6mHVEB0Fy-xnhbYMyj0XZOyEpoY3SICXBfLFPhmClVnXqQIWTPiSRalTsVVLqKZP3KQTmg/s320/IMG_0991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495191833823198978" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-kgZBZhmEsH78XF1FBKt9H1FAaYpJ5gHlziY5LPTCrrk-He58MrfIVgtfDUhu5qZgAVlKGMizL7wHP4ZZZwcJaoRfLE6jp9X0Ba8-UeZW1IoqMRGZ9l35bq17dZOANGh5Pgubs5zUkM/s1600/IMG_0989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-kgZBZhmEsH78XF1FBKt9H1FAaYpJ5gHlziY5LPTCrrk-He58MrfIVgtfDUhu5qZgAVlKGMizL7wHP4ZZZwcJaoRfLE6jp9X0Ba8-UeZW1IoqMRGZ9l35bq17dZOANGh5Pgubs5zUkM/s320/IMG_0989.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495191068076107266" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Another visit to the block yesterday, and no evidence of any soil test as yet.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A few more site scrapes in our street, at this rate it looks like we'll be one of the last to move in.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Judging by how green everything is down there maybe we won't have any trouble growing a nice lawn.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Our lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840835936223639964.post-72049160843961753322010-07-15T06:49:00.000-07:002010-07-15T07:26:23.971-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.porterdavis.com.au/content/Houses/Ivanhoe/Floorplans/ivanhoe30.pdf"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 595px; height: 842px;" src="http://www.porterdavis.com.au/content/Houses/Ivanhoe/Floorplans/ivanhoe30.pdf" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the home we have signed up to build</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Our lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840835936223639964.post-33576311134098981142010-07-15T06:09:00.000-07:002010-07-15T06:13:14.346-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1rNl-LAb_gm61n1Fiu9uLcd5JEijiWq01L5ij5500cgCKfkVrZ6Ib4l6RvUDxObGMyAfQ3EX3BXmgDmStDEdWDBtDQOlm7rKjPyom5uaHwSZPrIJb1TJSx8PIGLRdxAf1V5d1Upsj4w/s1600/IMG_0886.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1rNl-LAb_gm61n1Fiu9uLcd5JEijiWq01L5ij5500cgCKfkVrZ6Ib4l6RvUDxObGMyAfQ3EX3BXmgDmStDEdWDBtDQOlm7rKjPyom5uaHwSZPrIJb1TJSx8PIGLRdxAf1V5d1Upsj4w/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494120294299613426" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">One day we arrived to find a fence </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Hopefully we can add a house sometime soon.</span></div>Our lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840835936223639964.post-91369396107791756022010-07-15T05:58:00.000-07:002010-07-15T06:09:15.388-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN8C9FH7m0Focyd9GTNvywZRZ68QJM9HxWVizdonW2en-ill1J_IvC-Qsu3M0J540yuGeH2kmABlELUsUS0KdUzIJR1Mg9UaRPBQHKWIJhP6EOmL57dtqGtwT8Pa3VMzth0ND6tkAEdA/s1600/IMG_0863.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN8C9FH7m0Focyd9GTNvywZRZ68QJM9HxWVizdonW2en-ill1J_IvC-Qsu3M0J540yuGeH2kmABlELUsUS0KdUzIJR1Mg9UaRPBQHKWIJhP6EOmL57dtqGtwT8Pa3VMzth0ND6tkAEdA/s320/IMG_0863.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494119050325662354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEWmJdvyRl4OWbAtJ2nVG1yyKlzRJA9L5EUzCNphtU87eg3Y5Ykzg18gZDGgFjhfUqQ3nx_Pc-8NBFw893hoyQCg8MFdBpEdqoB6tf9TGsT-7UC13QIvcYFD3A7C83v57vPvSgo9JCQg/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEWmJdvyRl4OWbAtJ2nVG1yyKlzRJA9L5EUzCNphtU87eg3Y5Ykzg18gZDGgFjhfUqQ3nx_Pc-8NBFw893hoyQCg8MFdBpEdqoB6tf9TGsT-7UC13QIvcYFD3A7C83v57vPvSgo9JCQg/s320/IMG_0862.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494118294484882386" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We signed up with Porter Davis to build us the Ivanhoe 30.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We (or the bank) took possession of our land in May and will hopefully have a December site start, and will hopefully be finished by July 2011.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We have been inspired by their display homes, we just hope we have the finances (and tradesmen) to make our new home look half as awesome as their displays do.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is our block before fence </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And standing in our driveway looking down our street </span></div>Our lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590935480603587705noreply@blogger.com0