Friday 16 November 2012

As I sit and write this there are three strong, very hot (as in heat not looks) men carrying framework up our narrow side path.   Things have been moving fairly slowly over the last 10 days since the ground work finished but I understand that once the framework goes up its entirely possible that the roof could be going on next Friday

Since the picture below was taken the back part (the old kitchen) has been removed.   Seeing the "footprint" of the space and the deck has been reassuring - we've always been a little concerned that the area wasn't going to be big enough, however we can see now that it will be very functional and the deck is going to be huge - big enough for complete outdoor living - table/chairs and a lounge suite.  I'm very excited about this as I have always loved a lounge outside.  I've been busying googling rattan lounge suites on ebay in a hope to get one and restore it.  The deck area is basically from where you see the gap between the particle board.


Gone are the old cement steps, these will be covered in lovely spotted gum decking, the space under the floor on the right is standing room heigh and we're thinking that this can be used for a tool room and space for messy activities like mosaics - something I love doing but don't always want to have to clean up afterwards.





Unfortunately we have to remove two trees that we were hoping to keep - they were going to be just too close to the roof line.  James says he is never going to remove another tree stump in his life - given that he has been know to walk around wearing t-shirts stating "trees spoil city views" - I'm not quite sure that I believe him!




5 comments:

  1. Great stuff - hopefully the weather will hold out for you so that frame can go up! Out of interest, what is your build timeframe? xx

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  2. The deck space looks massive. I'm the same wanting room for both a lounge and a table and chairs- we have a massive corner daybed we have designed our deck around. Seems like it is all tracking along quite swiftly, hope this rain isn't holding you up. mel x

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  3. Scary rain on the weekend - we all got caught in it on our bikes yesterday afternoon. My wee Robbie was screaming in terror the poor baby, and my iphone is in a bag of rice trying to dry out :( Our build time frame is 126 days - so theoretically at the end of jan - however we're already 5 days over so more likely the end of feb i'd say.

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