The Brickies Have Started.

This is the side wall from the Laundry down to the Kitchen , the top half has not had the motar joints raked (I think thats what it is called, but if I have got that wrong don't shoot me down in flames). The bottom half has been done, the guys are so quick & they put two rows up whilst I was there, what amazed me was how they worked from the outside in and the last brick just fitted in perfectly. If that was me I would have had to move them all out to fit the last one in, I am certainly not known for straight lines. It looks like the scafolding will go up in the middle of next week and then they can start on the top floor. Hopefully all the colour choices will look good if not it will be Moroka finish for all of the dodgy bits!!!!
I was at work this morning & down came that clear stuff from the sky, luckily it has cleared up & those great bunch of guys kept going through all of it but hopefully it will stay away now. I thought that they would have packed up & gone home but when our SS called me to give me our usual update he said that they were working I could have jumped down that phone & done a happy dance. Now that would be a sight for sore eyes, anyway we have indoor cricket & swimming tonight so I will pop over tomorrow for a bit of a sticky......

The Back of the House.

This is the Alfresco area and a lounge room out the back. It will have to have a privacy screen on the side so that we can't look into the neighbours yards.
We had our staircase boys come over this morning & we have pretty much worked out what we can have, out the back will be a combination of Stainless Wire, stainless posts & Timber toprail. The staircase inside will be stainless posts & handrail, timber stairs & glass.
We will then fill it in underneath as we need somewhere for Harry to sleep when he comes to stay (Only joking,(for all of you that don't read Harry Potter he lives in a cupboard under the stairs, edited for my Father) its going to be the kids school bag storage)

The Roof Is On......

At 10.30am they had about an hour left until it was all finished, we have made a mistake with 2 of the windows but after talking to Wisdom it can be fixed, which is great news as last night it was really doing my head in. Windows on plans just have numbers on them & they don't really mean that much until you see them up. We will have to make the windows in question translucent & while we are at it I will have a good look at the powder room window & maybe do that one as well. After speaking with our SS he said that the plumber needs to come back and then the Brickies can come in, hopefully the weather will be kind to us so that we can keep up this pace.
Bit Of Breaking News..........Just spoke to the SS & the Brickies are booked for Thursday.......

Thursday's Work Finished

 We got there  this afternoon as the guys were locking up & we were greeted with all the top floor finished and to our surprise all the windows are in. Not just the front windows but all of them, we found a window that we didn't think was there so out came the plans and sure enough there is a window on them!!!!! The guys told me that the roof  would be up tomorrow & then their work was done at our house & they move on. Well what more can I say other than bring on those Brickies.........

Lunchtime Update

A quick driveby before my hairdressers appointment found a second story up with only the back walls & one front wall done, then after my appointment back I go to find all the outside walls up, the roof at the back nearly finished, the side ones done. Now I know what you are thinking her hair took hours to get all those greys out.....wrong!!!! one I don't have any greys (well I call the one that the hairdresser pulled out an albino strand) so in the 40minutes that I was gone this is what I came back to.
The roof trusses are in the front of the photo with a massive crane in the driveway, the way it is going I would think that they will be up sometime today. Could be wrong, I have been known to be wrong once or maybe twice in my life.......

Wednesday's Work Finished.

Wednesday finished up like this, steel beams in, ground floor done & delivery of the second story due for this morning. The kids couldn't believe it whan they saw it, we have all waited so long for this that we really never thought it would happen. The neighbour also couldn't get his head around the fact that he had gone to work in the morning & come home to a house with a frame. Thanks for all your messages of support & also to our CSR nothing is ever too much trouble for you & even at this very late stage, when I feel that terrible need to change something you do it without any fuss.

Bottom Frame Goes In.

Ok so it's 11.00am & I get a call from my parents, goes something like this.....Hello Darling the bottom floor is 1/2 finished, I grab the camera & race over to find the bottom floor finished & the beams going on top (fast, I knew it would be but that was really quick). The floor for the next level is there waiting to be installed and a guy arrives with 5 huge metal beams, the crane has been ordered for the lift to take place. They said that the frame for the second story will arrive in the morning so that they can put it up and then the roof will go on. Had a quick look inside it's starting to look like a house & I even went inside my walk in pantry, looks like a good place to hide when the kids are annoying me, I will put all my cookbooks in there & I will have a chill out space. I can hear it now "wheres Mum? Oh she's hiding in her pantry!!!!! My husband just told me that he had an idea for the pantry cut it in 1/2 and put a sauna in on one side.......Ha like he is going to get 1/2 of my Walk in pantry!!!! Nice try......