Back from holidays

Back from holiday up the north coast and there has been some progress. The lower roof for the garage and alfresco are nearly complete but not quite. Guessing they will be coming back tomorrow (Monday) to finish it. Our porch has been built but we are not sure of the colour of the timber frame/facade. Have left a message with our Site Supervisor to confirm the colour scheme. The roof the portico will be Woodland Grey and the post is Ironstone.

Here are some latest pics:

Still waiting for the lower bricks to be cleaned and the cladding on the upper back wall to be installed.

Met with our neighbours today and we have decided to install a colourbond fence in Woodland Grey which seems to be the in colour for our estate

Bricklayers has finished

The bricklayers finished yesterday and the upper eaves have been installed. Brickcleaning has been booked in for Friday. Can't wait for the scaffolding to be removed once the lower roof and eaves have been done

The mystery of the missing bricks

Drove past our site this afternoon and had a quick chat to our site supervisor. The bricklayers have nearly finished the top floor - only south facing side needs to be done. But not enough bricks were on site and our SS ordered 1000 bricks on Thursday and they should have been delivered on Monday. But they are not there, so our SS was trying to chase it up. Hopefully it won't hold everything up as he has booked in the brick cleaning for Friday.

Carpenters also turned up today to start on the eaves and cladding for the back of the top storey.

Weather is still great but hot. 31 degrees at the beginning of September!!!

Photos of bricks going up

Bricklayers have arrived

Things have moved along quite smoothly this week. Bricks have arrived, concrete slab in garage has been ground down, staircase window has been installed, meter box (and security camera) are in.

The bricklayers set up today and hopefully tomorrow (Friday) they should start. We are due to meet our SS for an inspection to discuss a few things - like adding a bulkhead in the downstairs bathroom to deal with the bathroom waste upstairs in our ensuite. We also have a problem with the window in this downstairs bathroom as it is too long and the toilet cistern will be above the window. The only option is to raise this window or put in a smaller window (which is a quite wait). Will discuss this with our SS tomorrow.