Our Street November 16th 2011

Our Street November 16th 2011
360 degree panoramic of our new street

Welcome

Welcome to our blog - we have decided to keep a record of the house build as things progress. A blog seemed a good way to share the progress with friends and family all over the world.
I will generally post the updates - Steve will be taking photos and running around like crazy getting other things done.

We're building a Metricon Nolan 45 (adapted) in Kellyville on our new block of land (around 790 square metres).

New posts will be at the top, so start from the bottom and work your way up. Feel free to comment if you wish - we don't expect it all to be exciting so encouragement will be very welcome.

Sarah

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

12th – 17th March 2012 Roof, Some More Bricks and Solar Panels


Steve has managed to do his duty and take a photo of the roof from the outside. 
How smart!  I know they are just tiles but pretend to be interested….

Our lovely roof tiles....

The other thing that happened this week is the installation of the solar panels….

Shiney!


The brickwork is progressing well – up to the first floor but alas they have almost run out of bricks so we have to wait another 2 weeks for them to manufacture more. I laughed when Len’s builder ran out of bricks – seriously how ridiculous is it for a builder not to know how many bricks they need? However, it wiped the smile off my face when we were in the same predicament (sorry Len). [Hey – I hope Len didn’t pop over and nick some of my bricks…..

My fabulous bricks (which are suspiciously similar to my chum Len's bricks ...hmmm)

In the meantime, the plan is to put up more soffits (eh?) and remove the scaffolding to the main part of the house so they can roof the garage and the back of the house. This is the good news. The bad news is, of course, that we have now slipped into 2nd place – our neighbour’s house is a nose in front. I suspect she has whipped her tardy builders into shape since her house is almost bricked and her roof appeared after just 1 day.  Damn and blast!  Steve says its not a race…..

1 comment:

  1. Congrats for your great progress, Steve, Sarah!!
    Did u get the solar from Metricon? How much does it cost? I noticed it has 10 panels...how did u apply, did u still get government rebate??
    Thanks,
    M

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