Hank's a shocker now!

We have electricity! and also the airconditioning has been done and probably a few other little internal things that we can't see from the front fence hehehehehe

back view
front view
next week they will probably start on the staircase

latest photos

Living room

Garage

Front with guttering

Meals/Family

Kitchen/Meals

Back/Alfresco

Master Bedroom

Upstairs Lounge

Front

Back

Our first meeting with Hank

We had our first site visit today. So far the bricking has been completed and the roofing has gone up. The roof was completed this week, bricking last week. Doing the eaves later this week. Alfresco roof still needs to be done.

The first visit went well, we are happy with the progress so far. Everything appeared as expected, the workmanship seemed fine (not that we'd know any better) and I took pictures of every room which I will upload at a later blog. The study/5th bedroom seems smaller than expected in real life but it is supposed to be a little room really. I noticed that the alfresco would have been more open without the side columns but its too late now to change. They are a bit obstructive but anyway.

And the great news is that our site supervisor thinks if all goes well, we will have handover in 10 weeks or so.

We asked about tacking the skirting boards so we could put them over the tiling which we are doing outside of the builder and the supervisor said this was no problem although I am always skeptical! But overall we are happy with the colours we have chosen so far. The house is really big, which is much needed since we have our extended family living with us plus two kiddies. Its quite exciting and I can't wait until the interior has been done and is looking more like a home.

We should be shopping for floor tiles for the bottom floor soon and carpeting for the top floor as well as getting some quotes for the driveway and front brick fence and automatic gate. Hubby says he will do the alfresco decking himself (I won't hold my breath!) plus we'll have to see what kind of retaining walls we will need. Also have to consider the landscaping and the mandatory items the council has requested.

If all goes well we may move in next Jan!

** photos to come soon!

Hank's skeleton...

Ok so here are the pictures, we've just sent our second progress payment now that the frame is complete. I think brick work is next which will give a good indication of how the house will look and whether our choice of brick works or not.

The slab....

The ground and first floor frame...The roof completed with front windows...

The back of the house, with alfresco area showing back windows...

Upstairs, downstairs

We have a second floor! Things are moving pretty fast now, second floor has been added and its likely the roof will be done tomorrow too. Maybe its too soon to be optimistic but i'll say it anyway, perhaps it will be complete before the end of the year?

Let's hope I didn't jinx it!

Hank is finally grounded

Excitement plus this week as yesterday I drove plus and saw that all the timbers for the frame had been delivered. Today, imagine our surprise as we drove past again and Hank's ground floor frame had been completed!

A couple of the front windows have been hung too. Strange, the study/bedroom on this floor looks small but its probably just a visual effect. Will probably look normal once the walls are up.

Looking forward to seeing the progress at the end of the week. Hopefully I get off my butt and put some of baby Hank's photos up so we can watch him grow!

Absolutely slabulous!

We have a slab! After receiving several mails from the builder that the work has been delayed for 1 month due to bad weather, we drove past Nora today and saw Hank's slab had been laid!
Hubby will take a few pics soon to check it out.

Another house in our area which we always thought violated several council regulations regarding distance from side and back fences, sold through auction for over a million and just as I thought, it was owned by a council member... so looks like the rules don't apply if you're on the board, talk about buttering your own bread!

so unfair...

but anyway, i'm too happy about our slab to let that cloud an otherwise sunny building week!