9th July 2012

6^th July2012

We have just enjoyed a week of beautiful weather but it is supposed to go back to the crappy wet sessions we have been having this weekend for at least another week. I heard a report the other day that the signs are all there for us to enter into another El Nino cycle, in our case that is long hot dry periods and usually when we get droughts. Caravan travel will at least be more comfortable in dry conditions rather than wet so if an El Nino does eventuate Nancy and I may get some benefit from it.

The house progresses oh so slowly, the tiler is still far from finished and like I posted earlier other trades can’t get at the place until he has completely finished inside. Apparently he lost his licence for drink driving, had a couple of light beers and was taking cough mixture for a cold that put him over the limit!!!!!!!!! His wife brings him to work and picks him up each day, so even when he comes it is a short day. He bought himself an electric bike and the first time he road it someone knocked him off it so he didn’t turn up for nearly a week and yesterday he missed another day for some reason, very frustrating.

Concreters came during this week and started preparations for all the outside areas that get concreted or paved. Footings were dug and poured across the front to accommodate a wall and concrete blocks have arrived so the brickie is expected at any tic. Once the wall is completed I guess the concreter will be back to complete the paths and driveway etc. he has already prepared. I believe the painters will be back next week to start painting inside, I am told they will need all of two and a half weeks to complete their work, so we are still quite away off from taking possession, there‘s a lot of final fitting and electrical work to do after the painters have finished.

Tis Monday, I got carried away on the weekend doing a painting and forgot to complete this post. The weekend weather stayed fine and sunny just rained at night so that was good. Thank goodness the tiler is here again today I wonder if he will finish inside today? Chippies are onsite again and the Brickies are here working on the front wall, the sparky is supposed to come here later today to install the meter box in the wall at the same time, in fact he has just arrived so I guess once the meter box is in arrangements can be made to hook up power, that will probably take the electrical authority a few weeks to get their act together. Just as well we are living next door, we have had to make several corporate decisions this morning all ready, big decisions like where do we want the letterbox and how high or low do we want the front door handles and lock and guess what it is raining now but they are only sun showers.  Anyway it’s all progressing.

cheers

Wall and path prep to the front gate

Ready for the front wall

Lead up prep to the front entry