More frames Kiwi July 28, 2015 Unfortunately not that much visual changes during the last two weeks. The guys have been busy with many details, hammering thousands of nails to set… Continue Reading
Winter Kiwi July 28, 2015 Having left the winter solstice behind us, days are short and in some shaded areas of the garden the frozen lawn doesn’t even melt during the… Continue Reading
Frames and scaffold Kiwi July 16, 2015 The first rafters now give us an idea of how the rooms will look like. The 2-3 builders are hammering all day long, assembling thousands… Continue Reading
Up! Kiwi July 9, 2015 I admit it, I love the third dimension. It’s awesome to see the walls coming up so quickly. These guys are amazingly quick and to my… Continue Reading
The concrete slab Kiwi July 8, 2015 Time to pour some concrete! By noon, everything was done. :) Continue Reading
This week on Building TV: How to create foundations Kiwi July 4, 2015 What was once a line on a drawing, becomes the shape of our house now. We had a very nice, but freezing cold sunny week… Continue Reading
Heavy rain + heavy trucks = ? Kiwi June 22, 2015 What we believed to be a solid and well created driveway turned out to be just a thin layer of gravel on top of mud.… Continue Reading
Digging for the foundations Kiwi June 18, 2015 While I’m planting plenty of Grevillea ground covers to turn our steep bank green with pink flowers, the builders excavate the foundations with precision. Reminds… Continue Reading
Walking tracks Kiwi June 17, 2015 We’ve got plenty of wood shavings almost for free, so we decided to use them for our walking tracks down to the gully and up… Continue Reading
Water storage for the thirsty Kiwi June 9, 2015 Four water tanks to collect rainwater through the roof of the house. Each of them 23,000 liters in size. Two of them can’t be used… Continue Reading