Stair Well

The beginnings of the lower stairway.

Stairway to heaven?

This will go up to the parents bedroom.

Bottoms Up

The base layer of the lawn is laid out.

Hi tech garden

This is the base drainage layer for the new rooftop front lawn

More action

Roof frames, stair components and lots of action this week ( and it's been the hottest on record, every day over 35 C)

Roof framing has started

Lots of progress

From the back courtyard, looking south to the laundry (right) and door to the new games room (old garage)

The dividing wall between the kitchen/living area (right) an the lounge (left) is just about done

View to the east, through the soon-to-be new kitchen area, across the new front yard

Looking from the lounge (port-hole behind) through to the new kitchen/living

Sophia is very keen on her new room. Roof still to come.

Those power lines have got to go, eventually...

What will it look like?

We took our balsa-wood model to visit it's big brother

Use your imagination.....

NOT a Swimming Pool

It's the front yard. This shallow green "basin" will be filled with clever drainage and topped with lawn, to give us back our small patch of outdoors in front of the new house.

It's also the "roof" of the garage and downstairs playroom

Feb 6th 2011