Our Family

Our little family consists of Nathan, Deni, Amalia and baby Taelan (oh, must not forget Jazmin our Staffy). We live in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney and love our lifestyle. We are hard working, take pride in our home, and love to share our spare time with family and friends. Our precious little bub Tae is 14weeks old and has recently been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. The implications for his physical and intellectual development are varied, and we don't know what the future holds, but we are doing everything possible to help him reach his highest potential, and we continue to just get on with things, enjoying life, family and trying to enjoy our home.

Our little house is very small. It was originally 3 bedrooms, but there was not much living space and we could not fit in our lounge and dining table. We decided at the time (back in 2004) to convert the bedroom that shared a wall with the living area, in to a kitchen, and opened up that joining wall. Unfortunately, we are now four of us, living out of two bedrooms (baby Tae is in a cradle in our room). Hindsight is a great thing!

When we first bought the house it was in a nightmare state. We only had one week to make it liveable, and so basically gutted it. We firstly cleaned up the two bedrooms, with new paint, carpet and built in wardrobes, and then opened up the kitchen space. For many years we lived on bare floorboards and with a makeshift kitchen. Just this year, we have finally, with the help of our family, installed a new kitchen.

I had always said that the first thing we would do is put in a new bathroom, but here we are, still with the original. It is the bane of my existence! In the photos you will see the exposed beams/stud walls and nails, original 1960's wallpaper, holes in the wall, giant hot water system, and the large unfriendly spa - no, it is not romantic, it doesn't work, and is extremely difficult to bath the kids in, as such, we bath the baby in the kitchen sink.

We first found about the new show Homerun on Channel 9, they were advertising for contestants to apply to be on the show. Nathan and I had joked about how we should apply with our neighbours Shayne and Steve, but just let it go. Mum and my sister Loren, however, were quite persistent, and encouraged us to apply - it would really be a fantastic saviour and we are in desperate need to a renovation!

So we approached Steve and Shayne - a week out from the arrival of their third bub - and they too were keen to jump on board. Amongst getting ready for their new addition, and between our little house of chaos with a two and a half year old and baby of three months - we snapped have photos and filled out application forms.



So, today is the final day for applications to be sent in, and I am still needing to type up the application forms and email everything through. Do we dare to dream that we could be on TV and have such fantastic assistance to renovate our house??