20-3-08 Site Scrape

Well, as promised, on Thursday they commenced construction. The site has been scraped and shaped ready for the plumbing to be installed. We took some close friends down to the block on Good Friday and we were overjoyed at the level of surface shaping they had done to accommodate the slab and retaining wall. I have added pics below which you can 'click on' and open to a larger size. This first pic shows the site and the positioning of the house and garage (along with the cherubs having some fun in the dirt. They thought it was fantastic!)

This one shows how much soil they have had to remove from the upper side of the block and what the retaining wall is going to support. It should make an interesting front garden having the rise in front of the study.

This next one shows the block from the rear. You can see how they have had to build up the alfresco area to be level with the rest of the area.

The picture below is hopefully the main angle we will use to show the gradual construction of the home. (Provided the neighbours across the road don't start building within the next few months)

The girls get really excited when we say that we are going to visit the 'new' house.