Weeks 7&8: floors and essential services

With the Anzac Day on a Wednesday we delayed our photoblogging trip so this shows progress during weeks 7 and 8.

The floor in all its glory

22,500 litres water tank - hope it will be big enough!

Our very own sewage treatment plant = already hooked up to the builders bathroom!

A European eccentricity - insulation to a kiwi house!

Week 6: the pink flush of growth

Complete with generator (no power yet) the builders have made remarkable progress in three days this week. However, I think the house is blushing since the floor is left naked with only its joists showing. It was quite something to see the full extend of the floor plan, complete with bay windows and demarcation between the house and the veranda foundations.

View from the corner where our bedroom will be

The panorama looks even better now!

The veranda has arrived.

Week 5: growing foundations

Following approval by the Upper Hutt City Council we now have a house sprouting from the ground - well the foundation piles have been cemented in and a dry spell to allow them to set. There is also a rather menacing saw on site, a charming site container and a builders bathroom. All mod cons really.

Close up on the foundations.



Ok, so it might be primative but at least it will keep the builders comfortable.

Week 4: Sprouting a house

With a few stakes in the ground and a huge trench for the power lines it looks like our house is sprouting from the ground.

View across the building site

Look back up the drive

In-fill of the top paddock