More progress, inside and out.

The last couple of weeks have seen loads of progress. The gyprock is up inside. I thought that when the walls went up the house would 'shrink', but the opposite has happened. I'm so happy with how big this house is. We are not going to know ourselves. I'll have to put GPSs on my kids to know where they are.The cornices are almost done and the bricks are currently being laid.

Roof all on

My gorgeous bricks

Cornices.

More bricks

This is my retreat and bedroom

A Roof.......

This week has seen the trusses erected, a roof half on and the arrival of our windows.  So awesome to walk through the house now and imagine living in it.

Watching it evolve.....

Thankfully the rain only delayed the pouring of the slab by four days. I was very surprised as the ground was sodden and I wasn't sure they'd get their machinery onto the block. John the builder put more gravel down to help the tradies access the block.

Five days after the slab was poured, much of the frame has been erected.

Slowly, slowly.......

Not much has happened since the last post.  The rain has delayed things for a week.  The weekend saw torrential rain, after a week of showers.

The slab will be poured on Friday 24 June.  Plumbing and so forth is being done beforehand.  A couple of photos to catch up.

 After the rain

 At least there's a loo now. 

 Preparing for the foundation

And so it begins .................

For the last four months, much discussion, planning, deliberating and drinking of wine has taken place.

It began, by attending an open house.  Surely, I thought, we just may be able to buy a bigger home, to fit our growing family into. It's obvious that in this day and age, kids aren't moving out in a hurry, and we have outgrown our little home. I've long dreamed, how wonderful a nicer home would be. One that had room in for everyone and where one didn't become annoyed by the noise of the other because we are always all in close  proximity of each other.

From looking at homes for sale, it quickly became obvious that we wouldn't be able to afford to buy an existing home with all of our 'wants and needs'.

So then we decided to build. From looking at a gorgeous block of land at the end of our room, to finally buying one in a nearby suburb. We are landowners, who now have the beginnings of a home upon it. Well.......dirt has been moved around and issues have surfaced, so something has begun!!