Storm Keating has opened up about the mental strain and financial loss she and husband Ronan went through in recent years while trying to build their dream family home.
Taking to Instagram, the 39-year-old explained that she and Ronan have been trying to build their home for the last 5 years, with setback after setback coming their way.
Admitting that she is exhausted by the process she began:
“My bones ache from labour; my throat is course from construction dust; my eyes burn from over tiredness; and my heart hurts for all the hours I don’t get to spend with my children, stepchildren, husband, family, friends & importantly myself”
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“BUT I will not give up. I will get this house built & finally move my family into their home after what has already been over 5 years”
Explaining why she shared a picture of herself in welding gear a number of weeks back, Storm said that after facing too many financial losses after ‘trusting the wrong people’ she is taking the construction work into her own hands.
“If you didn’t catch my post a few weeks back with my welding gear on… well our family have had a tough run of it these last number of years”
“Now we’re building the house ourselves and it’s me who is the main contractor”
“First step was ripping down walls/ ceilings/ ext facade/ insulation & remediation works etc”
Sharing that there’s always light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who may be facing similar difficulties, she added:
“Despite the massive back foot and the huge financial losses, we didn’t give up and we are now on the home straight to finishing an ultra-contemporary ZERO CARBON house for our family to call home for what will most likely be, the rest of our days.”
“Motto of the story – most things take hard work and perseverance.
“When life throws you lemons, dust yourself off and make some sh*t hot lemonade. Better still… then sell it and make a profit”
“The profit in our picture won’t be financial, but it will be the feeling of knowing we did it and by rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty”
“We have literally poured out heart, sweat and tears into our family home and we didn’t let them break us”
Good for you Storm, we can’t wait to see your dream home complete.