Rebel with a cause

So I'm just going to say it. I broke the rules. Please don't judge me. I'm not a bad neighbour. I swear.

What did I do? Well I'll tell you. I snuck through the fence at my building site and walked through my house.......twice. 

Do I regret it? Ask me again if I get caught. 

Any who whilst I'm still out of trouble, I have to admit it was frikken awesome walking through all the parts of the house and coming to the realization that it's all mine (and ING's- but let's not talk about  that).

Seeing all the frames up has definitely made it feel real to me and I've fallen in love with my home. Just quietly I may have shed a tear or two or ten or just plain old had a meltdown but whatever it's not important. In my mind I already have the rooms furnished and the pantry stocked. 

So where to from here? Well the windows go in on Monday and the bricks start going up Tuesday. Shouldn't be too long until the gyprock goes up and then I'll be breaking the rules daily.......

Front of the house 

At the front entrance looking down the hallway

Standing in the kitchen looking into the lounge/dining 

Standing in the lounge room looking partly into the kitchen and down the hallway. The frame in the middle is the walk in pantry.

Final floor plans

So here it is- the floor plan of my humble little dwelling that I'll be moving into hopefully in the next 5 months max! 

I had a call from my site supervisor half an hour ago saying the bricks I wanted no longer exist. I'm going to Austral on my lunch break to pick out some new ones. No biggy. I'm sure I'll find some that I like. In the meantime here's my floor plans.

Framed!

I drove around the corner today expecting to see that my frames had been delivered in a nice pile on my block ready for the carpenter to start putting them up tomorrow. What I found was even better!

It's not often in the building game you get nice suprises especially ones which leave you ahead of schedule but today when I drove around that corner not only had my frames been delivered but they were at least 70% complete. By the looks of it all that needs to be done is the the garage, the front door and the roof which I'm thinking will be complete by the end of the week should the weather take pity on me.

I spoke with my site supervisor yesterday and the bricks have been ordered to arrive on site on Wednesday with the Bricklayer scheduled to start work on Thursday. It's crazy to think that within the next fortnight I might have a framed, bricked, roofed house....pinch me I must be framing. I mean dreaming. Damn auto correct 😳

My frames....

And on a completely unrelated note- me and my puppy. Just because he's so cute ❤️

My Saturday Miracle

24/01/15

Holy Moses I now believe in miracles. And I got mine today. The sky finally decided to stop raining long enough for me to acquire a slab. 

The boys were hard at work for most of the day (except at around 11.30am when I drove past and a few of the workers were bludging...must have been on their designated morning tea break)

Luckily for them they got the job done so I won't begrudge them. Quite frankly I wouldn't have cared if they took 20 breaks as long as my slab was poured and left in pristine condition which it was I must say.

The next stage of the building game will be the erection of my frames (lol erection.....so immature). They'll be delivered on Wednesday and hopefully I'll have a standing house within a fortnight. 

Naturally I witnessed my slab about half an hour ago and the novelty of it has worn off and I want my frames. 

#getbacktoworkboys #theresframestobeerected #hahaerected

Colours

So it looks like I won't get a slab poured before Christmas. Oh well. Such is life. The peering has been done though and the site is ready for a slab. I'm first job off the rank in 2015 so can't complain too much. Got my external colours back last week. I reckon it looks pretty good and all the colours go well together. Nice and beachy looking. 

Today I went shopping at Oz design for a dining table. I ended up putting one on layby. I have to say I'm pretty happy with my choices so far! 

Merry Christmas everyone.

My site all excavated.

External colours for the house.

Dining table.

And so it begins!

Today marks the beginning of the excavation of my block! The beginning of the whole building process, the beginning of one of my biggest achievements yet, the beginning of my future and the beginning of a new chapter. I can't remember a time I've felt as happy or as proud as I did today when I stepped out on my block and marvelled at what I've been able to achieve on my own. I honestly cannot wait to see my house start to come together piece by piece, brick by brick and tile by tile. All the drama, hold ups and upsets already feel like a distant memory and I know it's all going to be worth it in the end!

Did someone say excavation?

Yes they damn well did!!

That's right people. My block has been pegged and prepped ready for earth works to begin as early as next Friday! I have to say I'm happier than a pig in mud, than a fat kid with chocolate cake, than a dog with a bone and so on and so forth. 

If all goes to plan and cyclone Tracey doesn't decide to unleash on little ole Brooks Reach (not impossible with my track record of luck when it comes to building) then I should have a slab of concrete by Xmas. My frames won't be delivered until mid Jan but no harm no foul- a slab by Christmas will do me just fine! 

Merry Christmas to me.