Listener Donna is Building a House: It's Going..Slow

Lisa & Russell are learning new things and so are our listeners. The guys checked in with Donna, she's building a home and had to get her building licence. Tune in to hear her progress. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're learning new things in life, learning golf.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Yeah, I just in fact, I just got a text
end just reminding me of my golf lesson tomorrow afternoon.
I was at the driving range on Saturday afternoon.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
Things are improving, they are.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
I've got a Spanish lesson tomorrow morning, so I've got
to conjugate my verbs. I don't think that's in the.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Very Spanish doesn't always remind me of a prison visit.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Well, we're not the only ones that are outside of
our comfort zone trying something new. We spoke to Donna
in North dandl Up a couple of weeks ago and
we said we'd check in because Donna and her partner
are building their own home and she had to get
a building license to do it.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
So that's that's seriously outside the comfort zone.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Hello Donna, Morning, Donna, how are you today? Good?

Speaker 3 (00:48):
So how's it going?

Speaker 4 (00:52):
It's yes, we're about probably almost three years in now.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Oh good lord.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
Yeah, so about six months to go through all the
paperwork after you approach your shire and get the builder
license and all of that. But we're living on site
as well, so that's helped. So we are living. We
built an eight twelve meters shed and we've converted that
into two bedroom tiny home and our twenty five foot bus,

(01:24):
so we live on site. So we happy. It's great.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
It's a bit of that sounded a bit of practice
for the for the real deal, just building the little shed, you.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
Know, right. Yeah, we went from the bus to the
little shed and now the house.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
We went from the bus a little bit of protest
too much, And you said, we're really happy.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
I had to get a building license Dutta.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
Oh god, well you have to. I have to remember
now because it was quite some time ago, and it
was Maine that was given the job of that. Because
I had more time memory, I did it all online,
so and it takes a little while and you have
to get your white card and all that sort of stuff.
But now that actually makes me the boss of the site.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Ah, you're the four woman.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
I absolutely am.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
So what have you found that you're quite good at?
That you that you know may have surprised you to learn.

Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, listening, listening.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
You have to learn.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Yeah. I have to listen to my partner a lot
because he knows a lot more about this than me.
So I just kind of got okay, I'll do that.
I'll hold the tape measure, I won't move, I'll do this,
I'll do that.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
But just remember I am the four woman.

Speaker 4 (02:46):
So lots lots of food, particularly potato salad.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
We built a house of potato salad. Are you regretting
this decision? Are you regretting learning and taking this on?

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Absolutely not.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
That's good.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
No, no, no, no, it's just you know, I think
a lot of our friends and families who were mad,
and I guess we have to be just a little bit.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
Helps, it helps, absolutely, And we've got two teenage sons
at home.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
With us as well. Oh my god, my goodness. That's
just added a whole nother dimension.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Now, what are the chances of you applying for the
block once this is finished?

Speaker 1 (03:32):
You'd have to be a shoeing, wouldn't it.

Speaker 4 (03:34):
We often already feel like we're in an episode of that. Yeah,
bought a house that was really old and run down,
and he moved in and about the same time as
we did. So we have you know, we have like
constance competition, like your fence winds today and oh.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
The only thing you're missing is Scottie coming in with.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Worth.

Speaker 4 (03:59):
We haveing useful of comments.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh well, we are.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
Listen, we're living, going to shed two teenage boys and
your husband and everyone's still alive.

Speaker 4 (04:10):
I think that's no argument.

Speaker 3 (04:14):
I think that's amazing.

Speaker 4 (04:16):
Well, yeah, and cats as well. Yeah, it's got.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
What we will keep in touch, Donna, thank you.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Alright, keep working, Donna, keep working. That's great.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
You know.

Speaker 1 (04:30):
I don't know about you, but I think I'll stick.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
To Spanish and a kitchen and a kitchen and functioning
right exactly.

Speaker 3 (04:39):
I wonder what it's going to be like.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
When it gets Oh, yes, the test is really going
to well, they've been doing it for three years, so
I guess they've had a touch. They have