Sub-Dividing Your Property

Is the land that your house is on getting too large for you to handle? But you LOVE the area and you don’t really want to move to another house … Why not have your cake and eat it too? Instead of moving, sub-divide the land build yourself a new smaller house on a much smaller piece of land.

I’ve done just that … My house currently sits on 845 sqm of land and I HATE gardening with a passion. What better way to kill 2 birds with one stone. So I set about getting approval to sub-divide the land. That was the easy part – getting the paperwork was relatively painless (well, it is if you know what you’re doing).

Now for the REAL fun.

Rather than opt for the traditional double brick home, I’ve decided to go for the new alternative building material – Energy Lite panels to be precise. I’m told it will be a much quicker build time than with brick and with much higher energy rating.

Journey with me on my trials and tribulations with the building – and read all about the frustrations (I’ve been told that building a house is grounds for divorce!), the costs (I expect my pocket is going to suffer from this!) and hopefully the celebrations when I get to move into a brand new home.

Time to Change the World

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever does.

Margaret Mead

Isn’t it amazing how the same principles keep surfacing time and time again. It’s the commitment, the time and just working at it, one step at a time. History is full of “world changers” – Wilberforce ended slavery through sheer persistence (it certainly didn’t happen overnight) … Mandela spent many years in prison but emerged victorious …

We could do worse than learn the lessons from these leaders – Commitment, perseverance, hard work, patience and passion are all qualities that would help you negotiate your way through your business life.

Behind the Menu

Passionate about food? Love cooking? Ever thought of throwing caution to the wind and following your passion?

Is it as simple as that? Unfortunately, run headlong into this and you may just live to regret it. The romantic notion that you will spend time in your restaurant surrounded by good food, great wine and chocolate desserts (for the chocoholics) couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, running a restaurant is hard work.  It requires creativity, business acumen, perseverence, sheer guts … and (more…)