Day 52

Most of the top floor has now been done...

And the blockwork has been finished as well.

Once the blockwork is waterproofed, the rest of the floor can go on

An access hatch has to be cut into the study base for ventilation/future inspections.  Lucky we didn't hide anything in here.

The architect drew this wall a really dark grey compared to the other (not as) dark grey feature colour for the rest of the house.  Still deciding whether we do that or not.  At this stage we will.

Looks like a comfy home for a stationary car

View from our bedroom window

Looking into the ensuite

Shower on the left, toilet on the right

Kitchen will be on the left and the deck will be through the sliding door

Family Room

View from Family Room window

As above

View from Kitchen window

Looking out to what will be the deck

Charlotte is sizing up the dive from the kitchen window into the pool.

At this stage John thinks he is going to build the deck on the ground and crane it up.   Might try to get the day off work for that one...

Didn't really realize how much the kitchen would stick out towards the pool. 

Looking into the dining/meals area.  Behind that is our bedroom

Looking into the Family Room from the kitchen

Stairwell

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Day 44

The bottom floor frame has now been completed.  Most of the floor joists for the top floor are now on, ready for the next level to be started next week.

Block work for the study has now been completed.  Still a bit left to go around the garage however.

Water tank has been swapped

Standing in the garage looking out to what will be the top floor

Standing at the back of the garage.  Stepped out section is our main bedroom, and after that is the family room

Looking towards kitchen and dining.  The deck will extend from the corner.

Room on the left is the laundry, right is the store room

Rumpus room.  Overhanging section above is the kitchen

Standing in laundry door.  To the right is the linen closet, straight ahead is the bathroom and toilet

Linen closet with store room in behind.  Stairs will wrap around the linen closet as they go up to the top floor.  

Store room on other side of this wall

Looking down the hall.  Three bedrooms to the right and rumpus to the left

Looking into the rumpus from the hall

Caroline and Charlotte in the rumpus room looking out to the pool

Looking at rumpus room from the terrace.  Deck will be above.

Terrace.  Smaller wall will have a door into the hallway

Standing on the top floor in the family looking out towards the south east

Looking east from the family room

Looking north east

At the bottom of the block looking up towards the fourth bedroom

On the other side of the block looking up towards the pool

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Day 38

The slab for the bottom floor patio and around the pool has now been completed.  We also have some more foundations done for a retaining wall on the topside of the flat pool area.  Builder is now ready to start cutting timber and hammering nails (to his and our delight).

New slab goes from outside store room and laundry, around pool and into bottom patio

Shows the slab outside store room and laundry

Charlotte checking the levels

We will have a lawn where the photo was taken from

Pool pipes not that deep here, wonder how many years it will take for me to forget they are there and put a shovel through them?

Looking back towards the store room.  New retaining wall will be built on the right (you can see the foundations and reinforcement)

Looking back into the bottom floor patio

I reckon we just fill it up now and swim

Back patio... brackets are for the deck posts.

A fair bit of block work to go in this area yet with the study and retaining wall, but should all be done by next week

Water tank has been delivered.  Not quite the one we ordered, so might be going back unless John can move some pipes around to suit this one.  Colour is what we wanted though.

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