We Have a Floor

More progress on our new home. We now have a floor, a ducted vacuuming system (well, it is wired in anyway), some bricks and the central heating unit is in the roof.

This photo was taken before the yellow-tongue was put down.

A few more slight hiccups, the brick wall on the south side had to be knocked down completely to put a new window in. The builder originally planned to cut the bricks out as it is only a half-height window but the piers in the bricks didn't line up so the all had to come out. This meant David spent the weekend cleaning bricks as we could only manage to get just enough second-hand bricks to build the extension and we would need the ones that were knocked out.

The second hiccup is our frames are not ready and will not be ready for another week, meaning, once again, the extension will take a little longer and we will be potentially homeless for little longer. We a trying to stay positive about this and the upside is that our builder can at least work on the existing house while he is waiting on the frames.

All the changes to the wall locations have been completed in the existing house and it is great to finally be able to see what the new areas will be like, not to just try and imagine from the plan.

David pointed out that there was not a good shot of the front of the house on here so, just for him, here is a shot of the front of the house.

School holidays have so far been going well and I cannot believe they are already half over. The kids have been to the movies, we've done some shopping, been to Melbourne, had friends over and just generally slacked off and relaxed. Abbey loves it when the kids are home and she has been kept very busy following them around.

Cassidy has gone to Ballarat to stay with her Grandparents and is having a wonderful time. The highlights so far, so she tells me have been doing some gardening, going for walks, visiting her Pop's yacht at Geelong, getting a new dress and having curly fries at Hogsbreath Cafe.

It is very quiet here without Cass and we all miss her. Can't wait to see her in a couple of days when she gets home.