Playhouse - Phase 1

I talked Roger into building a playhouse for Samantha and Emily for Christmas this year. We knew we had to get Kyle and Heather's approval (think Kyle was afraid his mother-in-law might move in when the kids outgrew it!) but, we also had to get the Homeowners Association to sign off on the plan, the size and the location in their yard. After much research and discussion, I bought a plan online and we got everything approved - ready to buy supplies and get started - right? - wrong!! Seems we (all 4 of us) didn't communicate as well as we thought and we ended up starting all over again. New plan, new location, new permission from the HOA.
Roger wanted to get started setting the blocks it will sit on so we started before we got the formal OK. He and Kyle figured it was low risk - we didn't change that much in the plan - figured it would be approved again so we dug out sod and leveled the blocks yesterday morning and built the floor.

The approval came in the mail in the afternoon with one caveat that was not in the first letter they sent  - "It must be located 6 feet from the property line." Guess what?! Yup, today we filled in what we dug up yesterday and moved the playhouse to a different location! Hopefully, this is the end of our problems. Why don't our projects go as easily as the ones on the DIY network?

The girls are excited and Heather and I are anxious for the decorating stage!

Stay tuned........