No work last week

There's been no progress this past week.

The concretor got held up on another job, so we have to wait our turn in the queue.

Meanwhile - it's decided to start raining again. That will make the wait longer.

No estimate on how long the concretor will be delayed.

Frames have arrived

The frames have arrived at our block. Things must be getting ready to progress out there despite the rain.

The meter-box has been installed so we know we'll have electricity.

And the drains have also been installed. In the background you can see the porta-loo. Guess that means they expect to be working hard enough to need toilet access. Another good sign.

Here are two views of the garden.

<- Looking up through the trees from where the native food forest will be

A view of the rear of the house where we will be creating terraces for the vegetable gardens ->

Waiting for it to stop raining

No updates on progress of the block because it's been raining the past 2 weeks.

Apparently the slab should be going down during the week, but it's soooo wet out there that it's anyone's guess whether it will be possible to get it in there.

Still raining

It's still raining. While nothing's been confirmed (because that can apparently only be done once a week - grrr), we expect the rain will cause significant delays to the slab going down.

There are unlikely to be pictures uploaded this weekend unless the rain suddenly stops and a very strong sun comes out to dry everything. Hopefully I can work out a way to upload some drawings I have done of plans for the back retaining wall and vegie garden.

We braved the pouring rain this morning so that we could check progress on our new house.

The piering has been done; that's all the concrete splodges all over the place.

As you can see, a lot of rain fell this morning. We expect that this will cause some delay to the slab going down.

My parents came to have a look today and gave us some excellent ideas about the landscaping. They are difficult to explain, but stay tuned for more information and pictures.