A quick update ..

I dashed to the house for a quick look see on the way home this afternoon. Eliza stayed in the car while I whizzed around to check the progress. She's over the house!

I didn't have my camera with me, so there are no pics ... but Ben's been busy.

We have a brand new front door. So solid.

And the walls are up in the kitchen, dining and living room. Wow!

The ceilings are in too. The height of the ceiling change at various points - adding interest and space ... the whole thing is coming together in a fast and furious way.

I decided against climbing the ladder to the first floor, on my own. (That's my occupational health and safety training coming to the fore!) but James tells me the studio has now been lined, the glass walls for the ensuite are in and look incredible!

Sorry House ... I've been neglecting you

Just because haven't been blogging doesn't mean there's nothing happenning at the house.
In fact there has been heaps of progress. It's just that my camera battery has been flat, or I've left my camera at the office, or I've done a quick look and dash the last few times I've visited the site.
So to fill you in :

• Windows are in - the glass bits I mean.
• The weather boards on the front of the house, which were rotten, have been replaced. Looks fab
• The bay window in Eliza's new room has been replaced. Incredible.
• The box gutters and downpipes are in.
• The joiner is making good progress with all the cupboards off site.
• James has selected the limestone for the benchtops. They winched huge slabs of stone so he could select the perfect colour for our house.
• Some of the new internal doors have arrived on site. Beautiful.
• An old Italian guy is making the staircase.
• The form work has gone in that massive hole, for the tank.
• New oven ordered.
• New bathroom stuff - toilets, taps, shower base have arrived.
• The plasterer starts this week - so we'll have walls! Exciting.

Ben says he's going hell for leather to get the house finished by the end of March. He knows my folks are coming down from QLD in early April to stay!
Yes mum and dad, your room will be ready.