Week 8...

IT'S FINALLY LOOKING LIKE A HOUSE (KINDA)!!

The frames arrived on Monday and started going up on Tuesday, were all stood up by Wednesday and were getting tweaked on Thursday.
What a hectic and super exciting week with heaps of photo ops.

Here we go...

with a little help from a crane to avoid the still boggy ground.

By lunchtime on day 1 of frame building.

End of day 1

End of day 2

Jason walking out the front door.

Check out the view from our kitchen sink.

And I cannot wait to be waking up to this view from our bedroom every morning.

Week 7...

SLAB DAY :)

Another mile stone reached today. By lunchtime the slab was poured, all 70ish cubic meters of it.
Two trucks and an army of workers made quick work of it.

8:30am

By lunchtime it was looking close to finished to my untrained eye, although they assured me there was still plenty left to do. Voids were left for sliding door frames, shower bases were recessed in, footings for outdoor areas were done etc.

1:00pm

5:00 pm - The end of a very productive day. A slab for a slab ;)

With every step it is getting easier to visualise the actual size of the house. Which was confirmed by a comment made by one of the concreters
"That's a big shower, the biggest one I've ever done! Don't know how many shower heads you're having in there but it'll have to be more than two."
EEEEKK! I keep freaking out that the whole house is too big but I'm sure once it's finished, filled with furniture and family it'll be just right.

Coffee cup in foreground to show the scale of our shower, I guess it is pretty huge but it's going to be amazing.

Electrical inspector also came today so we should have power in the next week or two (hopefully).

Earlier in the week we spent a whopping 4 1/2 hours with the cabinet maker in Bairnsdale nutting out the design for our kitchen, pantry, bathroom, laundry, en-suite and all the WIRs. Most of that time was spent on configurations with only a quick half an hour or so spent on colours and finishes as I was pretty organised with what I wanted already. I can't wait for the drawings to be sent through (insert excited face here), don't worry I'll make sure I share with all you good folks out there.

The progress so far.

      
The frames are getting delivered on Monday and the builders start on Tuesday so hopefully by next weeks post it will be starting to look a whole lot more like a real house.

Week 6...

So we are in the middle of yet another East Coast Low and must be heading towards another 100mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Feels like it has done nothing but rain since the day we started, I guess that's just how it is when you start building in the middle of winter.

Anyway at least there is still some progress, the footings have been dug and plastic and reo laid in preparation for the slab we should be getting on Friday (fingers crossed).

It's slowly starting to get easier to visualize now that there is a clear outline. And here's hoping that all that black plastic stops the perfect little sandcastles from being washed away.

Next step - we're off to Bairnsdale next week to meet with BK Kitchens start our cabinetry design. Super excited about this as it's the part I've really been looking forward to. God I hope the budget handles it (eeeek!).

I like the shaker style cabinets with some glass over head cupboards. We also have to decide on what kind of bench tops we want. Defiantly leaning towards marble but we'll see once we can get some prices.