The boss and his son inspect the goings on. Hard-hat mandatory!
The boys room. It looks like it will be quite big. We aren't so sure about the master bedroom. It appears that the measurements were not very accurate and we might have lost some millimeteres...
Upstairs. The stairs will come up under the black plastic. Window in background is master bedroom. indow on right will be spare-room/study.
Deciding on what to have on the floor upstairs.
Time has passed and there has been some progress! The site above is what we got back to. About to pour some concrete on the upstairs floor.
This was to prove a must-see activity for the boys. They waited for the trucks to arrive - 6 of them.
There was a pump truck parked outside to move the concrete over the wall and to the first floor.
Here the concrete is poured.
Apparently it only took about an hour. I was not there so Mel took the photos. Now it was time to flaten it out:
Here is the view from upstairs. This is taken from the South-east corner of the house. This will be where the boys room will be.
A few days later and the walls upstairs are going up nicely.
The boys having a look outside their window.
View from the North-east corner. The first pillar is going up today. The foundations have been built:
And they have started rebuilding the walls they demolished last week. Much better...
Just as we got things up and running again after the plan approval delay and the fierce winter rain storms, I am informed on Thursday that Council have "lost" two vital pieces of paper to do with our flat plan submission: the signed departure form of all three neighbours being one of them. Getting those signatures was nearly more painful than childbirth! And now we have to do it all AGAIN! So I duly contacted all three, and managed to get two signatures by 7pm last night, but guess what, Mr No.4 now refuses to sign! Short of pulling out all my golden locks, I really don't know what to do. Mr No. 4 says he needs to wait until the house is built to see the impact on his view. He is depressed, he says, watching the scaffolding going up and realising what they will be faced with. Argh.......
Not half as shocked as we are to see half the house disappearing before our very eyes. Having to remove the old style concrete beams over the windows has resulted in the builder having to break down more walls than originally anticipated. The builder says it is easier to break it all down and start again. See Stef's latest pictures. We will keep you posted on developments with the neighbours.
The other alternative is to keep the flat where it is, spruce it up a bit, demolish the prefab garage, knock down the Jakanranda tree with tree house and build carport and forget the idea of wanting to reclaim some garden for the boys to run around in. Oh bother I think I feel like crying....
