Tom and Mel's House Building Adventures

Woo hoo!! As the title suggests they have started bricking! Yay!! From what I had heard and read we expected to be waiting a lot longer! They have pile of bricks around the house and have put two layers around the whole house! Very exciting, can't wait for it to be completed!! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Bricks!! Our bricks!! More bricks!! Bricks outside our bedroom window Oops they fell out! And more bricks!! Our name on the roof beam.. Nice to know that when we ever leave this house we will still be a part of it!! Sliding door Outdoor tap purple one is recyled water Bricks / side of house Shower plumbing Recyled water pipe / drain Roof Rood again Side of house Other side of house Bay window Garage Alfersco Front of house with a roof :)

Here are a few frame window and roof photos xo - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay in updating the blog. I have been very busy writing reports. They are now done. Yay!! Ok house.... Last time I updated we had the start of a frame. Since then we have had the frame completed. The inside plumbing in the walls to the wet areas. Black pipes to the taps. We have also had our roof tiles put on. Well most of them. Only a few more to go!! It is really looking like a house now! Which is very exciting. :) The next step is bricks. We have heard that there is about a 4 week wait for bricks as there is a bricky shortage at the moment. That's very annoying but not much we can do about it. The downside to the first home buyers boom I guess. We have had heaps I mean heaps of rain of late and I am taking advice of other house bloggers abd buying sone gun boots!! Getting sick of cleaning different pairs of shoes!!! It is super muddy at the block! We think our next door neighbours are building the same house as us which is a bit annoying. They have a