Roof 'n' Wrap

Finally we have the house roofed, wrapped and all but one window in - as well as the plywood on the verandah and we are hoping to put the butynol on the verandah tomorrow!

So here are the latest pics:

The entrance way From the front of the section

Mark working on the roof Side view

Yep that's me! Working onsite!

Photographic evidence at last. am scrambling around putting the tape over the plywood joins

Farewell Our Mate

Just a quick note to say that we had to say farewell to our beloved pooch, Jake, on Tuesday 8th June.

Jake will be dearly missed by Crosie, who has had him for over 14 years.

Even though i ruined him (read spoilt him) in later years, he was a wonderful puppy and even though slightly stinky, we loved him to bits

Jakey Snakey, go find those pheasants for dad, chase the possums, but leave the cats alone!!

We love you old boy - RIP

Wow! things are happening

So the house is now roofed (thanks Reece!), wrapped and all but two windows are in. These will hopefully arrive this week

Can't believe that we are getting there despite the weather! In fact we've had so much rain our 50,000 litre capacity water tanks are overflowing, which is great - and now we even have the washing machine going onsite we are fully self sufficent!

Crosie has framed the verandah and is really just waiting for a good day to start laying the plywood and then gluing on the butynol roofing. Have to say it is going to look fabulous. just awaiting all the flashings as well and then we will be water tight. (pics coming)

Some of the battons are on around the house and soon we will start cladding, getting to the time where i am going to have to choose the colours - scary, but hey it's only paint and it can be painted over if it looks hideous!

Have jsut ordered some plants as well, so that means landscaping will begin - not on a grand scale but definitely beginning to think about what i want and where

Enjoy the pics!

More pics

Crosie striding around. The installation of the garage door. The completed product!

While i would like to say no mice were harmed in the making of this ...

The high-roof enthusiast - must mention that i got stuff up on the roof the other day - too scared to come down!!!

The house frames are standing!

The skinny on building progress

Well we have been a little remiss in the last few weeks - possibly as we are still revelling in the joy of living in a permanent fixture on the section aka the manspace!

It is warm and lovely to be undercover - even the cats have relaxed. So much so that it is quite exciting for them to bring in their latest catch through the cat door. yes as it cools down outside the mighty hunters are bringing in mice every couple of days - and oddly always in the week hours of the morning, then having to spend the daylight hours asleep!

Crosie is working hard and today sees the pre-wrap inspection on the house. We are awaiting the arrival of the roof this week and then we can get that on and it really will look like a house! Wrapped and roofed by May 21st is what we are aiming for - as well as a start on the installation of the windows - which are currently waiting on us to get to the stage where they can be installed.

We even have the guttering etc sitting onsite - no rest for the wicked. Though Crosie will have a break this weekend when he trots off hunting - a well deserved break from the building site for him

Enough on the words - bring on the pics so here is a selection of the what it looks like now, enjoy!

Au Revoir Portacom

Yay! Sunday night saw us move the bed, couch, bedside tables and other misc bits into the manspace!!! Yes we left the portacom!

Monday night saw us move the scotch chests and all the other bedroom furniture and on Tuesday night the kitchen was moved into the workshop side of the manspace. Wow! we are so spoilt for a bit of space now

Plus we can now pic up the boys [read the cats] and swing them around, if only they would move over to the manspace too. Alas Monty and Rama are grimly sleeping on the cold floor of the portacom refusing to come over to the comfort of the studio. It took an hour in the rain last night to get Monty in!

I moved their crunchie bowl into the ensuite, and even that wasn't enticing enough

Back the truck up - an ensuite i hear you say, yes! we have a flushing toilet, a running tap over a handbasin and most importantly today Crosie had hot water flowing through the shower! we are now in a hotel room!

Very clever Crosie is all i can say. poor guy is shattered. Installing the shower, moving tools out of the manspace workshop into the shipping container and moving the contents of the shipping container into the workshop.

So the workshop for the next wee while has been comandeered as my kitchen - though no running water, but there is an outdoor tap right outside the door.

Thank you Crosie - you can go for a fish now! Or even an overnight hunt

Though have to say Crosie is now just itching to get on with the house itself. In fact we will be working hard to get the roof trusses up ready to start roofing in a week and then get the downpipes in so we can start collecting more water. Odd isn't it how living in town you never thought about water and now we are waiting for a good shower to help the land to get the grass to grow for the sheeps!

lookign forward to going home tonight (oops that must mean i am writing this at work!) and sorting out my new "kitchen"

How quickly time flies

Not sure if it's fun we are having though!

So Easter has rolled around and gone and so has daylight savings.

Easter saw us finish cladding the manspace, electrician (thanks Daddy) came over and made it "live", so we now have power into the space. Just awaiting the plumber to arrive and test the plumbing that Crosie has done and then get another inspection and we can line the studio part of the manspace and move in!

Oh we are looking forward to that! it will mean a shower and a running toilet, warmth and a far more permanent dwelling! looking forward to ringing up the Portacom people to come and take it far, far away.

then it's all hands on deck to do the house. Crosie is itching to get stuck into doing the house, but alas he needs to finish the manspace first. Then i will even allow him time off to go for a hunt - apparently the stags will be roaring

One of our sheep went to Heaven over Easter as well. I had hoped not to be there for that event, yet somehow i was required to help pen them and chase around the paddock. Dear large ram-lamb was dispatched and taken away - very good condition it was in apparently. I did apologise to the remaining 7, thought it only fair

Pics will be coming in the next couple of days showing all the house frames standing, the clad manspace, complete with garage door. Clever Crosie didn't even need the instructions for putting the door in (not that it came with any)

Now it's just waiting time for the plumber ... dear mr plumber please arrive this afternoon ....