the teak bench seat...

Day 75: Made another purchase... (lets call it my New Years Eve present)... this 3 seater teak bench is a match to my previous buy, the Balinese day bed.

Today also marked the return of our brickies. Heading out later today to take some more photos of their progress. They still have a few days work left, cant wait to see it completed. (And yay to them for working during the holidays when most other tradies are on a break).

the Balinese day bed...

Day 71 is Christmas day!

Someone (me) bought me a Balinese day bed! Hand carved, from recycled teak. Ooh! Perfect for the front entry of the house. I also bought 3 coco rib mirrors to hang above the buffet :)

the bricking continues...

Day 69: Our brickies are absolute stars. I visited the block this arvo not expecting to see any progress... and what do I see? Two brickies sweating away in the heat. What stars! I had a bit of a chat, they plan to continue tomorrow (Christmas Eve) then come back Monday to complete it all. Monday is a public holiday, so I'll be baking some cup cakes to take them as a treat.

the bricking: day two...

Day 61 and the brickies continue. They started on the rear of the house today... and have completed the south side, as far up as they can before they come back with scaffolding to complete the top section.

Frame overhang issues were also fixed... steel dynabolted to the slab.

the bricks started...

Day 60: Our brickies have started! Looks great so far! Looking forward to heading back tonight to see how much more they have done.

the bricks...

Day 57: Evidence that bricking may start this weekend! Unfortunately though... the brickies have not so neatly stacked bricks in the alfresco... which has broken through the wrapping... and somehow snapped our frame!!!

the entry door frame...

Day 56: Our front entry door frame that has been laying in the garage for the last week is in! We were wondering when they would put it in! No signs of bricking yet...

the solar panel...

Day 55: Still no bricking... (although today the weather was perfect, so we're a bit annoyed)... but we do have a solar panel. Clearly I'm not tall enough to get a good photo... this is the best I could do!

the wrap...

Day 53 and we're wrapped!!! Bricking was meant to start today... but because of the typical Melbourne weather (19 degrees and bucketing down with rain in summer!) the bricking didn't start.

Tomorrow's forecast is for cloud... but no rain, so we're hoping the bricking will begin.

the roof tiles completed...

Day 48: The roof tiling has been completed, and they did a great job! We asked for left overs to use for repairs in the future, but not a single tile was left (that wasn't shattered into 100 peices on the ground)...

Lastly, our front facade windows were put in the correct locations. The 3 awning windows are now all in line, and the non-opening window is at the right on the set back wall. Much happier now.

the roof tiles...

started today! Day 47... they were delivered this morning, and by this evening half the house has been completed!

the gutters & fascia...

Day 46: The gutters and fascia have been put up, and are 99% complete! Starting to take shape now... only another week until bricking is scheduled to start!!!

the plumbing...

Day 41: Massive storms and flooding across Melbourne did not stop the plumbers from putting in the pipe work!