I have started to look forward to getting home in the afternoon/evening just to see how much the boys have achieved in throughout the day. It's like being in our own episode of a home makeover show!
This week the brick boundary wall went up, and the bricks under the back end of the house. The original piers were pretty dodgy so for the last few weeks the back end has been supported by acro props. It feels so much better to have proper support there now.
Today we were down a man on site. Stuart's wife was rushed to the eye hospital last night with a detached retina - luckily they were able to operate and it is all looking good now. How amazing is that? She comes home today and the recovery is to wear dark glasses and sleep propped up at night. Apparently she will be back to normal early next week. 20 years ago she would have lost her sight. Modern medicine is just incredible!
The timber frame work is now close to completion. Next week Brad will be away but Stuart and Matt will still be onsite most of the week getting the roof framing done. Brad and I went through all the kitchen cabinetry today. We are doing a flatpack kitchen just because it is so much cheaper than custom built. Our budget has blown out significantly from the original estimates so I'm trying to find ways to reduce our costs while still getting a good end result.
This week we also bought our bath - there is about a month lead time for delivery, on top of which it was 20% off for this week only so we've saved about $300. I also bought 2 heated towel rails at Gray's Online this week for less than half the price of other similar ones I've looked at. Grays also have frameless shower screens at ridiculously cheap prices. I'm not sure about them yet though...I'll have to talk to the plumber and tiler about them before I'd buy them. Ahhh the dilemmas....
Brick Boundary Wall
Framework
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