Mud!

After another day of constant rain, it is looking highly unlikely that we will get a slab pour this week. If it was clear weather it would have been poured Thursday of Friday. Oh well.

We went for a quick visit today and took some photos. There is finally something to take photos of! It was very muddy (hard to see as we tried to only walk on gravel parts). There were no builders in sight, although they have done a little bit more since my visit on Monday. The wood frame (?) to hold the concrete is closer to being finished and the foam wall has been broken up (and seems to have been flung everywhere - maybe by wind?) Anyway, things are slowly happening. Onto the piccies... :)

What we have so far. Our humble abode :) The block borders are the colourbond fence, rural fence at back and runs (about halfway) through the white styrofoam pile on the right. As you can see we will have plenty of room for our garden (900m2 block)

Bathroom: L to R- foreground is shower, drain, up back is bath then vanity. Furthest right is seperate toilet. Caved in from all the rain.

 

 
 
 
 
Dear husband checking out the progress. Notice houses in background built by same builder. The cream one is very similar to ours minus the verandah we will have over front window & porch. The lamppost is close to our other border mark. Click to enlarge.

 

 

A better view of the block. You can see the styrofoam chaos to the right!

Rain :(

I woke in the night to the sound of rain pouring down. Normally this would be a welcome sound, not so much when our house is at the crucial formwork stage :( I'm not sure if i'll bother making the trip today, i imagine the builders will be working on their other house in the street that has the luxury of a roof to work under. It's looking like we might not get the slab pour til next week if it doesn't clear today. Such is life :P

plumbing, formwork & waffles!

i did a 'drive by' tonight and snuck onto the site at 9:30pm hehe. We have: plumbing in, half of the formwork box for concrete, wire mesh waiting... and ... a wall of white styrofoam?!? I had NO idea what that was for lol. I thought it was our bricks until i had a closer look. I have since been informed that it is our 'waffles'. I thought waffles were little black cones, so there you go.

It was hard to see much in the moonlight and my phone camera doesn't have a flash so no piccies to share :(

It was great to see the size of our house taking shape - it is much easier to see exactly how it will fit on the block. I was surprised that there will be quite a bit more yard at the back of the house than i thought :) I was worried the house would sort of swamp the yard but it doesn't, and we will have plenty of room for gardening :D

Whilst i was on the block (and avoiding all sorts of objects scattered around the place) i heard our neighbours over the backfence enjoying some grass... yes cows, not humans :P

I am tempted to go into town tomorrow (35km roundtrip from our current home) just so i can take some photos and have another look at the block :)

And We Have Lift Off !!!!

We recieved an email from the builder on Friday 14th May informing us that work would commence the following Monday (17th) I decided to wait until i was in town on the Wednesday afternoon. I drove by at lunch time and found the builder hard at work on the bobcat. They were running behind and had only just started the site scrape. We went past the following day so i could show DH that they were actually doing something. The little 'worker ants' were all busy running around so we didn't stop :P It was good to see that things are happening :)

I haven't been back since as i didn't want to wear out my welcome so early in the build! When i was talking to the builder when he was doing the site scrape he said the slab pour was booked for tues coming but would be pushed back as they won't be ready in time. He guessed it  may be thurs or fri if everything goes to plan and no delays from weather etc. Yay, a slab for next weekend????? :D

I asked him about writing our names in the slab and he wasn't very keen on it. He said it annoys the tiler and it will all be covered up anyway. He was happy for us to put in coins for our birthyears (he was somewhat amused by the idea!) and said we can write on the frames instead haha.

Anyway, it has begun at long last!! It was May last year when we started looking seriously at builders and plans. Not much has happened in one year so let's hope this year is much more productive in terms of building.

Yay Yay Yay!  :D :D :D