Wednesday 26 March 2008

25-03-08 Post Holes

Got up to the block on Tuesday and they had commenced with the retaining wall. All of the holes had been drilled ready for the galvanised ‘H’ beams.



Some holes were deeper than others due to the height of the beams.



Lou went up today and they had dropped the posts in. Not quite sure what the PVC tubes are? Maybe to do with drainage....



What would a building site be without the port-a-loo ;-)



Current street view

Sunday 23 March 2008

20-3-08 Site Scrape

Well, as promised, on Thursday they commenced construction. The site has been scraped and shaped ready for the plumbing to be installed. We took some close friends down to the block on Good Friday and we were overjoyed at the level of surface shaping they had done to accommodate the slab and retaining wall. I have added pics below which you can 'click on' and open to a larger size. This first pic shows the site and the positioning of the house and garage (along with the cherubs having some fun in the dirt. They thought it was fantastic!)


This one shows how much soil they have had to remove from the upper side of the block and what the retaining wall is going to support. It should make an interesting front garden having the rise in front of the study.


This next one shows the block from the rear. You can see how they have had to build up the alfresco area to be level with the rest of the area.


The picture below is hopefully the main angle we will use to show the gradual construction of the home. (Provided the neighbours across the road don't start building within the next few months)


The girls get really excited when we say that we are going to visit the 'new' house.

Saturday 15 March 2008

Tile Selection

Finally got some time to show what tiles we have selected. We were waiting for one of the sample tiles to arrive in the mail as when we selected them they didn't have a sample for us to take home. So here goes...


Friday 7 March 2008

Date just keeps coming forward

Got an email from 'Holly' yesterday; the final drawings have been issued for our signoff and our start date has been brought forward yet again to Thrusday 20th of March!! 12 more days to go.



Woo -Hoo