A Happy New Year to all our existing and new followers.
There wasn’t a lot of updates in the last 3-4 weeks because I was stuck in home quarantine for 14 days after my trip to Brisbane.
As such I decided to put in extra shift last 2 days working on the plasterboard and to take the opportunity to do some astrophotography at the same time. The stars were really bright last night. Thought that I should emphasis the Southern Cross over our new home.
Rock up 7.40am at site and my portaloo (portable toilet) which was supposed to have been delivered was nowhere to be seen! A frantic call to the hirer and it seems like there was some kind of mix up at the office but he promised that it will be delivered on site within a few…
After half the plasterboard has been installed with priority given to the garage so that the garage door installer won’t be further delayed, the garage door is finally installed. Just waiting on the plasterboard installer to be back for another week’s work and that should then be completed. On to the next task on the…
The electrician has completed the prewiring, you can see part of the house wiring on the video here. The network cables to the surveillance cameras was completed and the external cameras installed. The network cables to the TV Ethernet ports will be installed next, to ensure that viewers have the best bandwidth when watching anything…
Another week of 60% good weather and 40% heavy rain. All the wall claddings are completed, the roof over the garage is done, only another 25% of the main roof remains. Next week looks to be like more of the same, weather wise, with the first 3 work days looking good before the heavy rain…
It has been quite a while since our last update. Many milestone has been reached since then. Our house hass reached practical completion in November 2023, meaning the house now has functioning toilets, kitchen, full electrical power, etc. This is followed by a flurry of activities, getting our previous existing house ready for sale, home…
The last 2 months has been spent working on the wet area and the water proofing is more or less complete ready for the tiling. The plumber however needs to install a P trap under the bathtub drain, so will need to hack a little of the concrete and the water proofing around the drain…
