Andrew, our architect, finished the preliminary drawings a few days ago and as part of that has performed apreliminary energy assessment. The outcome was better than both Rosalba and I expected. In Andrew's own words: "It doesn't get muchbetter than...

Yesterday, Rosalba and I, met Shayne from Alternative Energy Solutions to start the process of working out the size of our solar power system. Shayne performed an energy audit with us by going through every room on our plan and working out what...

Rosalba and I have started looking around for bits and pieces for our new home. We have purchased the main entrance doors a while ago. This week we were lucky enough to win an eBay auction for some nice french doors as shown below. We are planning to...

Some of you may remeber the post I have written in August about a different way to finance a solar power system by basically giving the power company the right to place their own solar panels onto your roof and you then buy the electricity generated...

John, one of our friends, has given us some free door handles for our new home. John is a locksmith and has told us that these handles would have most likely been thrown out. These handles have come of some doors where the builders installed the...