Plaster hung

All the walls have plaster now and they have started sealing the joins. The brickies have also been getting quite a bit done and are working on the lower level around the back of the house now. They erected some trestles at the end of last week, but I can't see that any higher brickwork has been started yet.

We had organised to get another 50 tonne of the recycled concrete out to help fix the holes various trucks have made as well as continue the drive on up to our garage, but it hasn't been delivered yet. Going to be quite a bit of work for Stu spreading that once it all arrives.

The two house tanks were delivered late last week. Due to the rain and boggyness of the ground, they could only be delivered to our gate, don't think the builders are going to be happy having to move them so far.
Stu spent a few hours out there on Sunday backfilling a trench...he got a little dirty...

Front of house

The living room raked ceiling. I love it!

Stu playing in the mud hehe

House & Shed

The frame is progressing along with some bracing completed as well now. Very happy to see on Friday that the floor polisher had returned and the drying cupboard and the area in the kitchen that had been missed have now been done. They also appear to be coated with something already too.
Found out that we can change our oven selection, so really need to get on to that, and we chose the colour for the fascia - Shoji White. It's a pretty good match to our window frames.
This weekend we had an open day at home so didn't get to the block until the afternoon. We managed together to complete one of the sliding doors, although hanging it will prove a challenge and we will need some extra bodies to help. We have managed to find someone to quote us on the roof completion, and someone else will be getting back to us with a price tomorrow, both can start this week which will be great.
Today Stu spent some time on the kanga finally filling in all the trenches, it looks heaps better. Can't wait to see the remaining dirt piles also spread out.
The roof trusses are supposed to arrive at 7:00am tomorrow morning, and we have a meeting with Glen again on Tuesday.

Overall view from front gate. Looking so much better with the trenches filled in

The next area that needs to be worked on, flattened out so we can get rock
on it to make turning on the driveway easier and provide access to the garage.

Trenching done at last!

What a chore the trenching ended up being. Stuart spent every night this week out there, straight after work until after dark trying to get the job completed. He also took Thursday off, and had some assistance from Matt & Alan one afternoon. With Matt's assistance again this morning, it has finally been finished, and is now waiting for the electrician to do their bit on Tuesday.
I don't want to complain about the weather, as thankfully we didn't get any flooding when so many have, but my goodness has our land absorbed a bit of water. To be blunt it's a boggy mess.  I was out there for a bit on Thursday with Stu - my main job seemed to be driving the Rodeo with the snatch strap attached to the Kanga to pull it out of yet another bog...

Bogged again. We have lost count of how many times this has happened.

Just to give you an idea of the state of the ground...

This afternoon he will be filling in the original trench we decided not to use, and after that it will be back to working on the shed again.
Due to the rain, the concrete polishing has been delayed again. It is now scheduled to begin next Wednesday. It is expected to take about a week and a half to complete.
We have also been advised that the transformer works are scheduled to be done on Friday 16th March, so we should have power organised when the time comes for KB to begin the frame.

Trenching begins

Stu finally started the trenching on Friday, and was working on it again over the weekend. He got about half way, then had great difficulties getting any grip with the kanga on the muddy fill. We've since realised that there may be a problem with where we will put the septic drains too, so he has now decided to fill in the trenching he has done, and start again with it on the other side of the driveway. Hopefully progress for this will be much quicker so we can get the electrician out then get on to the service connection so it can be ready and waiting once the transformer is installed.

The beginning of the trenching

He also worked on the shed on Sunday. All the top hat bracing is in place now, and he put a sheet up on one of the ends. Slow work when you are on your own in bad weather.