I finally bought a house!

Well, I could lie and say this is the new house lol, but it's not. Kathryn and I took her partner's daughter out this afternoon and we drove way up towards the Tararua mountains to nearly the end of the road and took a 10 minute walk to a tramping hut, which is pictured here. It would be a great place to take the girls and stay for a night. No power, but there is a long drop toilet and running water and a woodburner.

To reach the hut you have to cross the river over this swing bridge- strictly one person at a time! This is Kathryn's partner's daughter crossing it.

And this is Kathryn almost half way across. In summer this would be a great place!

Ok- this is part of the new house. I couldn't take a pxt of the rest of the house because the lighting wasn't great and my cell phone needs a lot of light to take pxts. This part, would you believe, is a fully self contained 1 bedroom flat above the double garage. Guess where Andrew will be sleeping?? The main house is off to the left. It has two double bedrooms and 2 living areas and a nice patio area off the lounge and dining room. We signed the agreement yesterday. There are some conditions to meet like getting a builder's report done, but providing everyhting is OK, we settle on 2 November. I need to get a small mortgage, it was a bit dearer than I hoped but having the flat will work out really well. It's about 100 metres from a park and playground and about 7 minutes walk from the beach.