A not quite finished ensuite

The landscaping begins!

A bit of colour...and carpet

The finished floor

Floors....

The photo below (looking into the cupboard) gives the best indication of the colour of the timber.

Does this look right?

The pool is ready for concrete (again). It looks even bigger now - I hope they haven't stuffed up again.

Looking down from the top corner of the property, the house is mostly done (outside-wise), but there's a lot of work on the inside to tidy up & finish off.

The Passing Lane

The shell has gone!
Now there's space enough for passing in the swim lane. Not only that, but our new best friends went to the trouble of wiping away a little excess dirt that would have been left over (a thin strip, I'm sure), so that we're so much more ready for a landscaping concept.
This is progress.

A nice man called Howard also came along and performed our inspection for us.

The Swim Lane

Way back in the dark ages (posted Jul 08), we had a pool shell put into the back yard before the house began. You're with me so far. It was a piece of cake to get it done first, because there were delays with starting the house.
Anyway, we signed a piece of paper to say that we were happy with where it ended up, and apparently how big it was. We never saw that piece of paper again, and assumed that 'where it ended up' was more or less where they said - more centred than drawn, and that the size was within range of the spec. What we assumed is that the supervisor could both read & use a tape measure. Perhaps it would have been sufficient for someone from MudPools to have these skills.

When we got landscapers out, they measured for themselves, and the pool was farther from the house than expected. On closer inspection, this would be because the width had diminished from 2.5m to 1.5m!!!

Oh dear, now what?
Phone call to MudPools - not happy. Our supervisor from before has left the company - and moved to England. The new supervisor would get back.
Two days later, that conversation did not go well - I think it ended with "Is there an alternative to lawyers at twenty paces?"

Kitchen!

Another sneak peek at what's going on inside the house. Let's face it - there's nothing going on outside. The garage roof is still not complete, so the walls are soaked & mouldy. Goody.
So, here we have the yellow kitchen, matching nicely with the unpainted walls, and a rather naked bathroom - tiled, but no fixtures.

Mind the Gaps!

Some of the gaps are gone. Some are still there.

The first thing to notice is that, from the front, we have a door. It's actually true to say that we have doors from most angles, but the bright green of the front door kind of stands out.
The inside shot looking down on the big room shows enough ceiling to be impressive. The inside shot looking at the back of that green door is less than impressive - I'm sure there's a lip there that needs to be put in place.

Inside the Shell

Finally, we're getting to see the inside, and it's almost worth it!
Let's concentrate on one of the largest rooms - the kitchen;/meals/family. You can see here the kitchen end, with the missing ceiling, but lots of nice insulation, leading on to the entryway that has no door. You can see the outside, with its fine painting job. And you can see the inside facing the pool & alfresco, with the expansive windows that have nothing to fill the gaps.
It's all very impressive, yes?

Stay tuned. More plastering to come!

Given a Bagging

Finally, there's some colour.
There's also lots of bricks in more appropriate places. Some of them have been painted. Some of them even in the right colour. Aren't we lucky.
These are mostly drive-by shots. Once the roof's in and the windows, the only way in downstairs is through the gaping big hole known as the garage door. You can then sneak out the back, slump up the hill to the middle level, and through the back door. There are still no internal stairs, so upstairs is not happening.

We're Covered

And so we got a roof. Well, we got most of one. There's still a little gap over the bit beside the garage. Heaven knows what else is wrong, because we've not been inside the fence recently. There are walls (on the outside) and roof (just the outside), so you could say that it's looking like the monstrousity that we always wanted.

Lucky us.

Britting Shicks.

It's like some great big brick monster came along & de-brick-ated all over the driveway. Again, you're going to have to use your imagination that there will, indeed, one day, be a driveway somewhere underneath that pallet.

I certainly looks more scenic shooting across the neighbours front lawn, but I saw someone speed-dial the peelers, so we were out of that rose bush quick smart. The bud died within days, anyway.




The strange looking concrete things in the foreground we suspected were steps. It turns out that we're still not so sure. They may be around the side of the house by now, but they're not for the front.

This must have been about the time I got to go into the house by climbing the scaffolding at the front, shimmying (or sashaying) around the side, and jumping into the kitchen, knocking over the walkway I landed on, and nearly giving our building supervisor an injury because he laughed so hard.
I have not yet been upstairs. I'm saving that adventure for a new pair of pants.

Frame this!

So, here we are at frame stage. That's why there's lots of timber. Remember, this is a brick house. Trust me, the wood will be more bricky over time. Oh, and the white stuff? - that's going to be steps to the front door. Use your imagination.

No house is complete without a toilet. In fact, even incomplete houses need them.