Banished from our own home!

Today we popped down to check on progress. Since reaching the official lock up stage about a month ago we've been reliant on a top secret way into the house that until yesterday had never failed...

However yesterday, for the first time, we were well and truely locked out. Of course this is actually great news as it means our house is nice and secure and it will be much harder for things to go walkabout. For us however, it means we're banished to substandard update photos and beer in the garden!

I hereby declare this meeting underway...

We've had a sudden realisation that we're on the final countdown of our house build (well, another few months to go but it's closer than its ever been!) so today we held a meeting to discuss the key things we need to do in the coming weeks.

For those of you with an interest in the build (as opposed to just the gossip) the key things we are currently pondering over are

1) Stormwater provision - we need to get this installed but not sure at what stage (we think it's now!)
2) Retaining wall - where to take it up to, how will it impact on our future garden design
3) Rainwater tank - how big, ground prep required
4) Fencing - contacting neighbours, getting quotes, liaising with our neighbour who is willing to do the work
5) Driveway and paving - getting quotes, contemplating design etc

It's all getting very serious now!

Now that's what you call progress!

Have just returned from a visit to a place I think I can officially now call our HOUSE! The guys installing the plasterboard have been working very hard all week and we were overwhelmed to see such progress. They had pretty much finished all of the plasterboard and it looks like the next bit for them is fixing in the coving!

This was such an EXCITING visit as we finally had the opportunity to get the 'feel' for our house and each room... We LOVE it!

Can we move in now?

That warm and fuzzy feeling

We made a special mid-week trip to the house today to see the insulation that had been installed. This will be our last chance to see this as the next step will be plasterboard! Yeah!

Render and doors!

We were really pleased to see that a lot had happened on site since our last visit a week ago. We have a temporary front door (at least I hope it's temporary!); an external door from the laundry; the door from the garage into the house; a lot of wiring and metal plates ahead of sockets; and the baths have had more prep work done!

Very happy Dan and Becks...