AND MORE.........

Here are some more progress pics...steadily getting there...


and we are hoping that the brickies can start next week to get the brick work up to floor level. we are in the process of deciding between two quotes. I am so proud of all the incredible work chris has done :)

Progress

So here are some progress pics - just over a week since we started. Not bad!! Amazing to actually see it in person and to actually visualise it and think "this is real!".





Looking back towards the drive - excavating where there dining room will be




Our formwork going up. This is the front of the formal lounge where the french doors will open out onto lawn (which will need to be built up and retained)







The completed concrete footings!







The concrete truck pouring the footings.

















The trenches dug by chris ready for the concrete.

Day 1

So we have kicked off! Yay!! Very very happy. Here are some pics of the trenches we (ahem...Chris) has dug.

Check out the rock!! This is what we will be building the garage on top of - it won't be going anywhere!

and here is our friendly neighbourhood kookaburra - Karl!!



He was super happy with us for digging up the worms for him.


Tomorrow will be more digging in anticipation of the footings being poured on wednesday.

AUGUST

Well, it has been an eventful month i guess and has felt like a very slow one!

However, we are there! YAY!

We are kicking off tomorrow which is super exciting :)

Getting the construction certificate was a pain in the backside mostly due to getting the landscape plan as well as other bits and pieces the private certifier needed.

So tomorrow is the big day with chris meeting all of the relevant people on site to start the digging process. We have scraped the site and erected a shed for the workers.