Look, walls have thickness! And we finally realized that building round walls is much trickier than building in straight lines, so the towers are now octagonal. What else?… This version offers a basement level in addition to the ground floor and lower level.

The letter that officially presented our floor plans and self-build concept to prospective housemates. (Although Jacob and I were calling the house “Blackwood”, we wanted the final choice of name to be a consensus decision, hence the request for suggestions here.) Welcome to… …well, let’s just start by saying this place needs a name. Put…

Ah, Version 4… Not significantly different from Version 3, perhaps, but a major milestone. I think we decided that instead of a lower level and a basement below that, it was more efficient and cost-effective to build UP. So we split the previous “lower level” in two, putting half of its rooms in an expanded…