Locked out and locked up

We achieved lock up status this week, kitchen cupboards were delivered today together with a sundry of other items including the kitchen sink.
I received building approval earlier in the week for my shed and the site for said shed is being prepared this weekend. I guess my next items to buy will be storm water pipe and drainage bits and pieces. Fencing is another biggy that needs some attention and some dollars no doubt, a lot of DIY coming up. Its actually looking more than likely we will get the house before Xmas, wet area tiling, electrical, painting, a bit of a clean up and snap we are there.

Bricking finished week 2

And in a blur of cement and brick the house has been bricked. Very happy and they only stopped once for the rain. Rewards of beer and wine followed. The day after they finished bricking the insulation and gyp-rock was delivered.

The columns will be rendered

Rear of house

Bricking has started week 1

Big week last week, the brickies are on-site and da brickin' has started. It had been a tense time prior to seeing the bricks in place, having held the samples for so long and wondering what they will look like on mass combined with the roof, guttering and fascia's. I'm relieved some what, in fact I am quite happy with our selections, they seem to work well together.

Bricks, electrical, plumbing and MUD

Bricks are on site and what mess we have in our front yard. Wettest August since 1992 and it's a quagmire. I'm feeling sorry for the brickies already. The electrical is finished, although we need one small amendment made in the home theatre. Plumbing is done and looking good. The roof tilers finished last week but have not taken down the safety railing yet. All looking good and winter can't go on much longer.

Roof tiles and mud

We had our tiles delivered Monday and they started putting up the tiles today. Looks like the truck delivering them had a time of it, at least my un-compacted trench is slightly more compacted now. The tiles look a lot lighter than I thought they would, maybe just the angle of the light and time day (late).

Frames and Gutters

One month after the timber was delivered for the frames we have a finished house frame complete with guttering. Starting to get exited now, being able to walk through a actual building instead of a paper design is amazing.

A SLAB walked into a bar.......

WOOT Woooooottt!!

We have a slab, the lads did a great job. Noisy as hell but worked from 6.30am to 7.45pm. From now on it's just sit back and pay the builder, and doing the odd checking as well. Had the first meeting with the SS on Tuesday to review the slab and all is good. The bottom shot shows the outdoor area, it looks small in this photo but it's a good size