And the plaster goes up inside too

This must be one of those milestones that we have been hanging out for...

  

Even though the outside of the building is still crawling with renderers applying the cement finish to the exterior, on the inside the plaster sheeting was being installed in the kitchen and living areas:

Here Rod and Mark are promptly installing the ducting for the rangehood before the Kitchen ceiling sheeting is put up:

And by the end of the next day, the plastering of the downstairs living areas looks almost complete. Here you can easily see the curved dropped ceiling bulkhead above the Kitchen bench:

And looking back towards the Lounge Room, the column now has its skin on. Kate and Jess are pointing to where the stove and ovens will go:

We were very impressed with how bright and airy the room feels with the ceiling up and the walls in white.

The Renderers are Coming!

Actually, the Renderers are here... They're getting stuck into it, and doing a good job too. Look what they've done to my stairs, Ma.

Finally we can see what our new front porch is going to be like.

The front face of the stairs and garage are ready to have the foam cladding applied before getting rendered: And this is how it's starting to look from inside... The top stairwell changes character from different angles:

On the inside, the insulation is in ready for the plasterers to start sheeting up. This is the Master Bedroom:

And this is the Office: And finally the main bathroom is getting ready for tiling: Its starting to all come together, the plaster work should be starting next week.

Curved Roofing arrives

Finally today the long awaited delivery from Ritek turned up on site: The packing material for the roof over the stairs would make a good skateboard ramp! Our builder had put lots of thought into installing the composite roof panels... Meanwhile, downstairs the ducting, plumbing, wiring and insulation had been installed. And the window frames did just that - framed the beautiful view across our terrace (well it will be once the scaffolding comes down!) We even found we had some "fossils" from the gum leaves that had dropped into the formwork just prior to the concrete pour. Seems a shame to cover them with the timber floorboards. Back upstairs, the roof on the garage quickly materialised: with a ready made ceiling inside: One more sheet to go... And Kate's happy! And the builders are happy! The Cheese Tree that survived: The view from the street: Within hours, the roof over the internal stairwell started taking shape as well: From the flat roof looking back; the "foam" panels are certainly strong enough to hold young Paul's weight (you would hope so, as there's a long drop underneath down two storeys). This is kinda what it will look like looking out the narrow windows in the top stairwell: And this is where the large skylight windows will be installed: Then the "slippery dip" is ready to go on, connecting the garage with the front door: This panel was always going to be a bit tricky, but with a bit of pushing and shoving and a trim here, and a nick there it was in place and fitted perfectly on the shaped walls: So, as the sun began to set it had been a big day, but the shape of the curved roofing was quite clear, with the inverted curve over the entry foyer now visible. We were quite amused at the local residents driving home from work craning their necks to see how it was shaping up. One of the neighbouring kids saw us staring at it and asked "Is that your house; are you waiting for it?" to which we could only say "Yes mate, we've been waiting a long time!"