Day 12

Most of the block work has now been completed.  Still a bit to do around the study and the two retaining walls in the yard, but the bottom level is now ready for the slab to be poured.  At this stage the plan is to pour the slab on the bottom level, dig the pool, then use the soil from the pool dig (and more) to back fill the garage slab and then pour that one.

Block work pit where garage is going - single garage on the right

And double garage on the left

The skinny part is the entry to the house with the foundations on the left marking out the study.   Unlike the garage, the entry and study will not be filled with concrete, rather a void underneath the timber floor.  Good place to stash something (or one) you never want anyone to ever find.

The site manager called a meeting.  She is unhappy with the sheer size of the builder himself and would feel more comfortable if he kept his distance for the rest of the project.

The floor height of the upper level is going to be a lot higher than I  initially imagined.  All the better to see over the future houses being build below us.

Looking back up towards the study.  The block work will eventually be roughly the height of the garage so still a bit to go here.

The northern wall of the lower level is complete, so the bottom slab is ready to be prepared and poured (hopefully this coming week)

Once the walls are waterproofed that left side will be back filled to roughly the original ground level, so most of the downstairs bathroom will actually be underground.

Charlotte having her first lie down in her bedroom.  Eyes open as usual.

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