Nearly There

While it looks as if a lot hasn't happened this week from the outside, there has been frantic activity in the house getting the plastering and the painting finished. The whole house has had the ceilings, walls, doors, skirtings etc... all painted this week and the total painting should all be finished by end of Tuesday this coming week.

Spoutings are now in and the section has been leveled off ready for concrete drive and paths and then the lawns will also go down.

Outside the work on the deck has started and progressing well - and the plastering of the foundations is also nearing completion. The house now has power connected and the switchboard is nearly finished.

The deck will sweep around half of the house from the family room around the front, four steps down into the north west corner and then a couple of steps up to half way along the west side to the back door and clothes line area. There will be gardens along the side fence line and glass balustrade along the front from Provista Balustrades. See their range at  www.provista.co.nz

The deck is being installed by Steve Joss and his company Tierra Landscape Development - see their website for further info. www.tierra.co.nz

This coming week will have even more frantic activity as everything should be completed by the end of the week.... after all we are storing all of our household effects in the garage as of Friday morning ready for distribution through out the house once the carpet layer is finished. (The last thing to go in).

This week will see painting finished, plastering of the foundations completed, driveway and paths in, kitchen in, lights installed, bathrooms and laundry completed and the installation of the solar water heating system.

By Friday all should be ready for the carpet layers and cleaners to come in and hand over. Garden landscaping will also be completed in that last week except for my special rock garden which will go in later in January.