Post #761515 by AdOrAdam on Sun, Mar 27, 2016 8:01 AM

First, meeting us & the set up:

About 9 months ago we moved house, our current house has room for a tiki room.

TC can be a little bit anonymous - 'we' is me (Adam), partner Jo & daughter Rosie. It's probably no surprise to you that I'm the tiki fan out of the 3 of us!

Here's a pic of us enjoying a little sunshine in Florida a few years ago:

Our previous home was a 2 bedroom flat in a city centre, our current home is in a nice quiet green belt area with good transport links & local amenities.

My first priority was somewhere nice that Rosie could grow up & be safe to walk on the pavement to the local shop as a child.

Unbeknownst to me, Jo knew I wanted a tiki room & had that in her mind as a priority! Her introduction to the property was 'here is a 3 bedroom house, it's in a good area, we can afford it, it has room for a tiki room... let's do it!'

The tiki room is 11 ft x 7ft next to the kitchen, a downstairs bathroom & the garage.

When we had 'committed' to having a tiki room, Jo & I discussed the budget. Although we both have good jobs, etc etc the budget couldn't be bottomless. We did a bit of research & this was quite an easy discussion. By the end of it we had a definite budget that although it was flexible (ie our first budget was what we wanted to spend), we were also realistic that everything can cost money... just not too much more!