More Bricks!!

Sick of seeing bricks yet?? Too bad... Here's some more!

The guys are making some real progress with the north wall all done, most of the south wall done & ½ of the front & back done. Not sure if they're waiting to complete it all before they start to put in the garage. Thought they might have had the frame up by now & get the bricking done at the same time as the house. I'm guessing they're leaving it until later so they can access the back of the house easier.

South wall all done!

Front entrance taking shape. The whole front will be rendered in 2 different colours (see the picture at the start of the blog)

These are the little port hole windows.....

.....that go in here. Also one on the first floor in the master bedroom.

Bricks!!

I have been past each day this week (nothing better to do obviously) & the brickies have been hard at it. They started the first level on Monday & probably got about 10 courses high all the way around. Tuesday: Done another 10 courses roughly & the scaffolding floors have moved up a notch. Wednesday: ¾'s of the way up the south wall & ½ way up the rest of the walls. Will have another look tonite & see how far they have got.




An update from the last post....

Had a call from our site supervisor on the Friday who left a msg on the mobile.. (a day after the post on here). Rang him back this week & organised a meeting. Coincidence, maybe, or not. Doesn't matter. All good now! Now I have someone to direct all my issues to... So far, Carlisle have done a fantastic job & can't fault them so none yet & hopefully none to follow.

There's just no stopping them...

Been a bit slack in the last couple of weeks, sorry guys, & haven't updated the blog regularly.

Unlike myself, the builders have been hard at it as you can see.

Since the last post the gutters & facias were the first things to be added, which was all done last week. Went to the site last weekend & all the roof tiles & battons had been delivered. Thought that might have kept the tilers busy all week but it was all finished by Tuesday night. Mustn't need to get up there any more as the scaffolding has been removed completely from the roof line. Think they seen the weather forecast for the rest of the week & knocked it up as quick as possible. Had to work on the golf handicap maybe.

Bricks & sand were also delivered at the start of the week. The house has been ¾ wrapped with insulation before they could start laying them.

A couple of other minor things have been done in this time as well... Glass has been added to the rear by-folds. Roof trusses over the alfresco finished.

It's amazing how much bigger the house looks now inside with it wrapped & nearly fully enclosed compared to just the frame. Each room is starting to take shape & you can picture how everything will be set up with it all finished.

One thing I am disappointed in is the lack of contact from Carlisle since the start of the site. I would have thought by now, at the stage we are at, that we would be introduced at least to the site supervisor, which hasn't happened. Luckily we only live 5 minutes away from the block, so I do go & check it constantly, but if this wasn't the case & I couldn't regularly pop in when I wanted to, I would have no idea on what is happening, or about to happen.... I dont think a phone call at least is too much to ask for, do you???

brickwork should hopefully start by the end of the week & it should start to look like a real house!!

Can you see the rainbow on the left hand side of the picture... Ahhh, isn't it pretty!!

It's grown over night!

Another visit to the house last night & as you can see by the pics it has doubled in size. The first floor went up on Wednesday & the windows & roof trusses went up yesterday (Thursday).

This is from the bottom corner of the block looking into our Rumpus/Theatre room on the ground floor & the 2 kids rooms & TV area on the first floor.

From our driveway this is our front door entrance & the balcony for the master bedroom. No garage yet, but I'm sure it won't be long.

This is taken from the 1st floor of the house being built behind us (shhh). They are roughly at the same stage as us but has taken 3 times as long...

It's starting to look like a house now...

Looks like the nails have turned up & they've started putting everything together. Not bad in a 24 hour period. I reckon if I drive past tonight, there will be another storey attached. No messing around for these guys..

This is a view from the top of the driveway looking at the front door & garage floor.

This is looking through the front door, down the hallway & meals area & out the back byfolds

This is down the side of the house with the formal lounge, family & rumpus / theatre room walls

View of the back of the house looking into the alfresco area.

We now have a frame in those red lines... (see previous post)

We have Wood!!!

The Mechano Set has arrived... Now all they have to do is put it together.







For those that don't know (or under the age of 30), a Mechano Set was a real toy on the shelves about 25 - 30 years ago. Like leggo, you could make things out of it but it was made of metal, not plastic. Hours & hours of fun for those that liked pulling things apart & putting them back together.


Anyway, the builders haven't let up again & doesn't look like they will in the next few weeks now all the materials are there, & some good weather ahead, there is no excuse.


Another thing that they are quick to get out of the way is the initial progress payment for the slab completion stage. I think the payment request was signed sealed & delivered as the cement trucks were leaving the site.


It's also good to see where all the walls will be going. Puts things into perspective....

Upgrade to 24 Cans!

Once again they (builders) have shocked us. Over the last couple of days since the last post it has been raining off & on, so didn't expect much to happen at the block. Was going past last night anyway so went & had a look by the off chance there's been activity....




.... & ahh yeah, there's been activity.

At this rate we'll be in by Xmas.. Wishful thinking?? Looking like March at this stage, everything going well, but we all know that isn't always the case. Touch wood.