just for you Carol!!!

Went by the house today (just for you Carol) and lo and behold the gas pipes were in and we have air conditioning ducts. They are huge. Derek was a little concerned by the piping for the water (from the air conditioning) so we have to talk to the builder as it appears that they go up so the water will have trouble finding its way out if it has to go uphill!! We will see what they say.

jack

Just an extra for anyone wanting to see Jacks progress!!

the speed of light!!

Well, I have to say these builders are working at the speed of light. Sometimes we almost think they must be there 24 hours a day!!! After only a week (since the roof went on) we now have insulation on the walls (that is the green stuff that you can see), windows, doors, the electrical wiring is done and the plumbing is done. Next (I think ) comes the brickwork, which I hope will be this week. So far there have only been 2 minor problems. The first was a powerpoint that wasn`t there. Greg the supervisor said no problem will ring the electrician and get him back asap, we will check on this of course as it was one we paid extra for as it wasn`t on the original plan. The second problem was the front door, which they discovered themselves- it didn`t fit into the space they had allocated for it, so it has been taken away to be redone. I guess it should reappear this week. I am trying not to get too excited about how quickly it is now progressing as it will only lead to disappointment and I know that the outside is the quickest part of the progress. The inside will seem to take forever!!

This is the alfresco area, as you can see we have plenty of doors. The door on my left is our bedroom and the others are the living and dining room areas.

This is the front of the house. The window on the left is Waynes bedroom, the next window along is the office ( 4th bedroom), then the portico and the garage. Where the roof slants at the front we are having wood slats.

This is the side of the house, the lounge and dining areas. The back of the garage is going to have a roller door for easy access to the backyard.

This is inside ( of course) the lounge dining area and looking into the back of the garage. Hope this gives you a good idea of our progress this week.

The roof is on so let it rain!!

The roof is now on so that makes everything a bit easier as the inside will be able to be worked on. We have been told the electrician should be there this week, and as it is supposed to rain tomorrow we have been lucky!! We were a bit worried about the severe storms we have had this week but so far so good. I just hope it doesn`t hail on our new roof, that would make us cry!!!

roof frame!!

Well, the roof frame is now up, next the roof!!

how surprised were we...........

After being told the frame would go up next week, we were certainly surprised on Saturday afternoon when we went down to the block to show some friends and found, hey presto, almost like magic, we had the beginnings of our frame!! No roof frame yet, but hey, this is a great start. The builders must have been in that morning and I have to give them credit, they worked through the mud, and boy was it muddy!! Some of their footprints looked like they had sunk up to their knees!!

Next visit to the site is Friday, when we go down to meet Greg the site supervisor. I can`t wait to see what they will be up to then. So far, once the building process has begun, I have to say that we have been very happy with Adenbrook, if they say it is going to be done by a date, it is either done by then or earlier.

As you can see in the first picture we are still going to have a rather nice view (you can`t see it from this picture but that is Stradbroke island in the background). Those big gaps you see in the frame are all windows!!

where is the frame?

We had high hopes that we would have a frame by this weekend, but due to some very wet weather it has been delayed. Our building supervisor rang today and said the frame should have gome up yesterday but it was way too wet. It should be be Monday or Tuesday now. Can`t wait.

yahoo!!! We have a slab!!

Well, true to their word we have a concrete slab!! We went for a drive past on Thursday just to see if there had bee any progress and the site was full of workers, very busy finishing up our concrete slab. They must have been there since the crack of dawn as we went past about 10.30 and they were on the final stages of smoothing out the concrete. Needless to say, we were amazed. Derk didn`t think there was any way it would happen so soon and even a day earlier than they has advied us. Next stage is the frame, hopefully real soon.

We went past again on Sunday to have a looksee without the workers and we were really pleased with how big it all appears, especially the al fresco area.

retaining walls and footings

We certainly had a surprise when we went to visit and found not only had the footings been done but we also had retaining walls. Yah!! Next milestone a concrete slab, which they promised within the week! Derek is very sceptical and wonders how it can be achieved in this time limit.