Roof nearrrrrrllllly done...

So, not a whole hell of a lot of progress in the last couple of weeks - the weather has been really poor... Still, apparently lots of stuff is ordered for delivery soon...  And at least as of this week all the roof steel is up - just the flashings to finish now.

Yay! no more roof gaps!

And from the other side...

You can see the batons being put on the games room wall for the plaster

And from the pond

More roofyness

Took a few quick snaps when I was up on site this last week with a friend from work - we almost have a roof now!

Much roofy goodness

Don't we meld into the scenery nicely now?

Yep - there's a house there...

Quick update

Well, today (Saturday) we met with the electrician and discussed our plans and specs. Ouch! The price for electrical and data work has MORE than DOUBLED! And we were even trying to be conservative!  Boo Hoo!!!

On the good news front - we got up the hill for 30 mins today and see that the roofing finally did start yesterday by the looks...

The roof begins

Soffits are going in too

So much rain!!!!

We need a roof! So, it's a good thing that over the last week we have made some progress! Last Wednesday the centre steel beam arrived for the aquarium (lot's of glass - we will be the fishies) end of the house. The rafters went up quick that afternoon, and the rest of the roof framing happened the end of last week. Then it RAINED - my did it rain... putting a stop to things for a while :-(

However, the scaffolding went up in the last couple of days, and the facia went up today! They start on the soffits tomorrow and roofing proper starts Friday I believe. To the pics...

Hoist those rafters!

I don't wanna have to set up scaffold to change a lightbulb!

Almost scarily churchy!

And the alter is the kitchen - kinda fits for us I guess...

Scaffolded, wrapped, facia'd (is that a word?)

Looks like a real house!

So - steel beams it is...

Seems that the battle for the beams was won by the council - and so the kitchen and end steel beams arrived last Friday and the guys got to work on starting to roof on the aquarium end of the house. Now they are just waiting for the steel rib beam to be fabricated and delivered, then the rafters can be put in and the roof structure will be pretty much done. :-)

The shape of the end wall starts to reveal itself

Now we can see where the rooflines will go

I like watching hard work :-)

Mmmmm blue skies...

Yeah! Drill that hole! Drill it good!

Overdue update...

Well, travel, work and weather have impacted updates in the last couple of weeks - but here's the latest :-)

Last weekend the building paper started to go on

Last Tuesday roof framing began

Roof framing underway

Almost a house!

Kane is a statue in the statuary

All we need now is the garage doors...

Ok - so just finish it already!

Framed again!

Well, despite a week of torrential rain, and cold winds - the guys managed to pretty much get the rest of the framing up! We went up there on Thursday afternoon to take them sausage rolls and cakes - and snapped a few quick shots while we were there.

Eek - where did all of this come from?

Looking from the dining area through the kitchen and up the hill

The dining room rancher slider hole and kitchen window

Our picture view is being framed...

Our big pink girly house! ;-)

100 bucks per sheet?

Yikes - at $100 per sheet of flooring plywood - it's beginning to become pretty clear where all our money is going!

A late update - due to us relocating this week and only just getting settled (sort of) and back online. These pics were taken last weekend (June 2).

Pete missing the stairs up to the bedrooms

Kane standing in what will be Pete's office

The floor is almost done...

We won't be able to see those trees form here for much longer!

Stairway to heaven?

Well, no building yesterday - the weather was horrible. But I popped up this morning and the guys are hard at work - the floor joists for the "TV room" were going in while I was there, and they have built a temporary staircase too - easier than the ladder :-)

The TV room takes shape

Joists in - nogs next...

A pretty pink temp staircase!

It's a steel (and floor)

So on Thursday David, our builder, sent me the pic below of the steel beams freshly installed. By Friday, the floor was pretty much done (well, the living area, dining and kitchen floor anyway). There are of course two gaping holes in the middle - one is where the stairs will emerge, and the other is going to be built over and is a raised extension of the dining area which meets up with the stairwell.

I have also included a 3D view of the house I threw together using SketchUp which might help make sense of what's built so-far... and of course how much more is still to come!

Foggy day - Photo: David Willemsen - Innovative Homes Ltd

Standing in the kitchen - looking South West

Standing in the living area - looking North

3D Rendering - looking from the South West