It was all go in Courtney and Brad Turton’s lives in November 2020 when they celebrated moving into their new home and greeting their newborn within days.
The house shift happened two days before their youngest daughter, Sienna, was born. Sienna’s big sister, Madelyn, celebrated her second birthday a day later with a little party in the birthing centre, rather than in their new house as planned.
Brad says there was no deliberate intention to overload an already momentous month – the plan had been to move into their house earlier. The house title came through from the council at the end of February 2020, and the dig out, which was due to begin was stymied by a nationwide Covid lockdown. And so, the project start date was delayed until May, then it was time to put in the hard yards to reap the rewards, with Brad working on the project mostly after hours and on the weekends.
Operation new-build
The house is Brad and Courtney’s second new-build project. Their first (a celebration of light cedar with lots of white) was
