Bricks almost finished..

So.. Its been a while since I last updated. Things have been happening :-)

Bricks are almost finished. The final bits of the bricks should be completed tomorrow. The weatherboards are all finished, so we are very very close to lockup. Photos below...



The roof line for the stairs has been worked out and the frame has been put up. Not sure how that will affect the air conditioning vent over the stairs. Might have to have a chat to Air Conditioning Specialist :-)



This week are the electrical wiring will be done. On the weekend all the data cabling and television points will be installed, with the hope that the following week all the plaster is put up on the walls.

Scoreboard: Tosser 2, Drainpipes 0

Well... I wasnt expecting this...

Last night i went to see the progress of my house like a do nearly everyday. I pulled up and parked in the driveway of what will be our next door neighbour when the next lot of land in bellrise is released. Strangely, i saw a guy behind our house in his phone. We know the builder very well and know everything thats happening with our build and wasn't expecting to see anyone at the block. I looked around the house and noticed he had his car behind our house. I went out and asked him what he was doing and he said he was bogged. He was visiting a friend and he was going to cut down from Spectacle way to Fairvista Ave but didn't realise the drop was so big so he tried to go around behind my house and got bogged. I took his word for it, made a note of his car rego and left him to it.


The next morning there was timber and weatherboards all over the place where he had tried to get himself out and back to the road. Not only had he made a huge mess with the timber and weatherboards, but he had smashed into 2 of the drain pipes sticking out of the ground.

Aparently the neighbours behind us heard them trying to get the car out at 2:30am and again at 6am. So... This morning i went to the police station to report it. Will be interesting to see what comes of it (if anything).

So..... if you know anyone with the rego OYX 907, let him know we know what he did last Autumn.

And because i take photos of everything... Here is the genius in all his glory.

And the aftermath...

First photo is our backyard, and the second is the block on the left of ours.

One of the brickies was there today stacking bricks all around the house ready for the brickies to arrive tomorrow or Monday. That should take a week and then at that point we are pretty much at lockup.

STAIRS are in!!

Below are 2 of the people who are doing a lot of the work on our house. On left is Peter, and on the right is Tim. Im sure they will be happy to be on here :-)

More importantly...... THE STAIRS ARE IN!!!

Some more stuff..

The left side of our house has been painted and the scaffolding has been removed so we can properly see it now.

Decking is almost complete on the balcony.

Right side of the house has the boards done, with the painting happening sometime soon i guess. Not really sure when that will occur. Im guessing fairly soon as the painting has to happen before the scaffolding can be removed.

Tomorrow should be an interesting day. From the sound of it the stairs will be going in. That will be exciting to be able to walk up and get a better feel for how the stairs and our laundry which is kinda under the up stairs.

Wednesday the brickies should be starting. We originally thought the brickies would have started a week or so ago, but the weather has held them up at previous jobs. Hopefully there are no more delays. Would be nice to be at lockup soon. Still, things are moving quicker than we thought they would have when we first started building.

Weatherboards Start...

Went to the block on the weekend and Pete was there. For all those who don't know, thats Renee's brother. His a chippy so has been doing a lot of the work around the house. He was preparing the top part for the weatherboards to go up. I measured one of the windows and worked out i wanted it 13cm to the right. He happily moved it for me. Well.. he moved it, dunno about whether or not he was too happy about it :-) Anyway... That will be great as it allows us to have a bigger fridge and has the window up there perfectly centered on our kitchen bench.

First 2 photos are taken last night and show the weatherboards going up and the eaves are done.

Last photo shows the roofers were back and have put on the remaining gutters. The main reason they were there was to put the flushing on the balcony.

Things should be pretty busy over the next week. Wonderwood for the balcony was arriving this morning at 8am this morning. Weatherboards should be finished today and then they will start on the balcony.

Painters should be there in the next day or so to paint the weatherboards. They need to be painted before the scaffolding can be moved to the other side of the house.

Other rumor i hear is that brickies will be onsite later this week to start bricking.

All we need now is some nice weather.........