We bought the lot, I did the basic plans, we have engaged an architect and a builder, the wall is mostly up, and they are levelling the land ready for my super-garage now.

We decided to build the garage first, mainly as a storage room, a place for the workers to live, and to see how the builder progressed. If he makes a mess of the garage we can call a halt before the house starts going down the toilet. That\'s the plan anyway....
But, I have every confidence in the guy and his team, as I have seen his work on other projects.
Here is the 300sq metres, with wall round and the mum in law on sentry duty. It is not the largest lot in the PI, nor the cheapest, but it is what we (the wife ) wants, which is all that matters to us (the wife).


And the area my 6m x 8m garage will live soon:

And this is the plan for the house, or something (hopefully) very similar:

It is not working out as cheap as I\'d hoped, but should work out at approx 1/4 the cost of a similar place back in the UK. Prices are going up like crazy around this area so after fifteen years procrastinating about buying something in the PI, we finally made the move.