Progress - More

The painting is now finished all that needs to be done on the interior is the cupboards and shelves in the pantry, plus curtains and refit all the doors now we have the carpet down in the bedrooms and library area.
We should be able to move into the house finally on Sunday!
I would have put a couple of pictures of the progress in here but I cannot find the correct files in my computer, which seems to have hidden my latest pictures somewhere.

Getting There, Really!

This is the first time during the past few weeks that I have had time to post this progress report.
The build is really nearly finished (the internals) painting is almost completed with only one more coat of wall paint in the kitchen and the sitting room, and painting of the doors.
This week the carpet will be laid in the bedrooms and library/nursery...
The plumber is booked to connect the en suites, the heat pump/air conditioner man will be fitting the unit on Monday next.
So all we will need to do is fit the entry door and start on the outside projects, we will be transferring our furniture from the barn to the house, plus unpacking the shipping container and getting all our other bits back were they belong.
I'm still amazed how much stuff you don't need, if we didn't see any of the things we have in storage it wouldn't be a great loss, with the exception of a few of our books.

More Progress

The painting has started with the kitchen, dinning room, sitting room and entry hall have now had at least 1 coat of paint.
What a change we are at last 'getting there', the No.1 bedroom and en suite will be finished plastering today, so it will be only one more bedroom and en suite to go.
The electrician is due today so we may have some light switches going by the end of the day.

Awake!

Last night, no, at 2.41am we were awoken in an adrenaline heart pumping second when the burglar alarm was activated!!!!!

Stumbled down the stairs, my eyesight is not great if I don't have my glasses and it took 2 attempts at hitting the correct code numbers, silence.................................... false alarm.

Now that I have now recovered after my interrupted sleep and had my breakfast, I called the alarm man, who suggested that our 'incident' may have been caused by a bug, or spider that likes living in the corners were the sensors are.
Yes there was, (est décédé) and have now sprayed huge amounts of bug repellent in and around all devices, if the spray didn't get them they will probably will have drowned.

Plastered

At last we are on the last stages of the completing the inside of the build.

Today I have been sanding smooth the drywall plastering and putting a sealing coat on the dinning room, so I have been alternatively been coated in fine plaster dust and paint spots.

Not an attractive sight, the fine coating of dust make me look like a very white old man!

It's very difficult to dodge the paint spay, when you are using an extension pole attached to a roller to reach the ceiling that's 3 metres away.

Oscar(dog) has managed to paint his tail as well as a number of large white spots on his coat, the black sets the white paint off very well.

Oh the Pressure!

We have just received a letter from the local council suggesting that we need to get the Code Compliance inspection done on the barn, (stage 1) so had to request a extension of time as the compliance is being held up by stage 2 of the build which should be finished within the next 6 weeks  'builders promise'

What a Mess

What a big mess! The digger man has dug a ditch around the house so I can fit the storm-water system and now the house has a changed look, instead of sitting in a nice green lawn, we are now sitting in a land of dirt and trenches. 

I am hoping that it dosn't rain in the next few days or the whole place will turn to a sea of mud.

It had to be done but it is still a bit of a shock to see the piles of dirt and pipes laid everywhere.

I should be able to finish this messy bit off in the next few days.

The 17th

Another step towards completion the dry walling is complete with the exception of the small guest toilet which is waiting for the plumber to fit some extra pipework for a possible extra washing machine.

This will mean we will be able to make the house self sufficient and the barn which houses our bedroom, office and studio locked on its own security system.

A slight overkill but it reduces our insurance premium.

Dave the digger man was working next door so took the opportunity to get him to move a great big mound of topsoil that was collected from the drive and house site.

We are placing it so we will get some slopping ground (small hills) along the the lines of the approach to the 17th at the golf club.

When I mentioned the likeness to Augusta Mrs DIY said "why don't we dig a lake as a water feature". Oh dear why do I make these off the cuff comments.

The digger has decided to take a rest (breakdown) with the hydraulics pump busting an 'o' ring and dropping its entire oil supply over the lawn, looks as if it may be resting there over the Easter weekend...

The Dog Reports

man what a day - i finally caught one of those pesky rabbits. boy, can they move but I can move faster. the 'boss' is really pleased and said i was a good boy or something like that. the '2 legs' don't speak very clearly.
i have been trying to catch one for ages (one of those furry things) as they not only sneak onto my patch, they leave lots of little round poos all over my land plus they dig up the lawn and make holes around the trees, which makes my 'boss' cross.
sorry must go now, as the boss is heading towards the silver thing in the other room - they call it a fridge, it's the place they hide my food.
they think they are very clever but i know were they hide it, one day I will find out how to work the security system and get the goodies they keep in there...
wonder what's for dinner?

Fireplace

The fireplace is now fully installed but not tested yet, the weather has been really good, so have not tried it out yet.
The building inspector is due on Wednesday to do another inspection, after that we will be able to start doing the finishing plastering and interior painting.
As a bit of light relief Oscar (dog) caught a rabbit- who said they instinctively know how to kill.
He caught it, then didn't know what to do with the wriggling frightened little thing, so it was up to yours truly to dispatch it.
It is now skinned etc. and is now sitting in the refrigerator, should be nice with some brown bread and butter. ('family joke').