Our plumbing is exposed for all the world to see

Hi everyone

Time for another update. I'll be blowed if I can get the hang of this blog writing window pane. I can't ever get the pics in the right order and stuff so you'll just have to bare with me.

We went out to the block on Saturday and took a few more snaps. I was full of the flu at the time, and still am at the time of writing, but with my work calendar being as it is, its lots of chicken soup at my desk right now...


From now 0n, I'm gonna take a few snaps for each blog post - roughly at the same spot. Through some wonder of modern techonology I might be able to set up a slide show or something but for the moment, this'll do :)

From the side (yep, that's our land beyond the fence)



From the back of the land looking forward towards the front of the house

Look what the wind did to our fence? No mean feat to be truthful, Jase and I tried to pull the fence upright again and couldn't manage it. Or maybe that might have something to do with our general levels of unfitness...

This is our backyard. Sure, it needs work, but its nothing a little working bee couldn't fix.

Pipes for the kitchen

Pipes for the guest bathroom and toot.

Some pipe buried in the dirt. I don't know why that's so exciting but it is.

Pipes for the ensuite

Anyway, you've seen enough of our plumbing, by this time next week the slab will be down. With Tropical Cyclone 'I'm just doing this to put Jase and Drew's build behind schedule' hopefully passing over Melbs this weekend, there shouldn't be too much holding back the builder from really getting stuck in.

See ya.

Drew and Jase

Ready, set, BUILD!

Hi all

Well, so much has happened since we last wrote... We have a new car, St Kilda finally lost a game, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince arrived (and sorta disappointed, sorry Obie, but it had such potential).

Meanwhile, our little block of land sat patiently, biding its time, waiting for the perfect moment to get underway.

I won't go through the mountains of painful issues which slowed things to a crawl since late June, because this is a 'happy blog' - but lets just say that if I saw the embodiment of Westpac sitting alone at a bar, I'd probably kick it in the fvajuutz.

BUT WE ARE UNDERWAY!

Having a barely completed house does not deter us from the most basic, built in state-of-being which Jase and I possess... Entertaining guests. Not wanting to waste any time, and before the house was more than an empty block, we popped to meet the locals and entertain:

ANYWAY, where are our manners? What sort of hosts would we be without offering our guest a cup of tea in the kitchen?

After dazzling in the kitchen, the boys retire to the theatre room to watch some Stargate SG1

Since our first visitor came past, a lot has happened. We have a temporary fence up! Jase can be seen here inspecting our block ('...strike a pose, there's nothing to it').

We've also had a site scape in preparation for the laying of the slab. This is the side of house which will have the bedrooms and garage

No, our little Hoondee did not burn down the block as the tyre tracks seem to indicate. She is waiting patiently for us to return on the front doorstep. Btw, the house in the background over the road was only a slab 4 weeks ago. I hope ours goes up that fast!

The toot has been installed (I know its outdoor and doesn't flush, but the indoor and porceline version was not included in our base price and was an upgrade)

More site scraping, this time down the side of the house which will be the entertaining side.



Finally, the site scrape from the back looking towards the front again


Anyway, that's it for the moment. The slab is due to go down next week. I suspect between now and then some drains and stuff will go in.

Cheers,

Jase and Drew