You may recall we had a brief visit from the street squatter a while back. That didn't amount to anything in the end and with the fence firmly in place we didn't think we needed to worry about it again.
Wrong! The house where she has been living was taken over by the new owners this week and so she was moved out. What we didn't realise was that she moved across the road onto our verandah, behind the fence! The fence is reasonably easy to get around so she just moved it aside and settled in.
Simon got quite a shock when he went over to see what progress had been made to find our new houseguest. She said that she just needed to stay the weekend as she had lined up somewhere for Monday. We were in a bit of a quandry as to what to do, but thought we would give her the benefit of the doubt.
On Monday, she was gone, so we have breathed a sigh of relief and hope that she has found somewhere else to stay and be safe.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Demolition is over
Demolition is finished. There's really very little of the house left but now you can start to see the lines of where new things will emerge and the old floorplan has all but disappeared.
We've had a fair bit of trouble with water on the site. Turns out it is quite boggy around the back and despite pumping the water out it hasn't improved much. Flash flooding last week and more rain since is certainly not helping our cause so we are praying that February weather gets back to normal and we can get some sunshine. All of this has meant some delay in getting the big piece of steel delivered (that supports most of the house) and installed.
In other news we have our formal completion date. The 18th November is when we get the keys. Yeah right!!! Fingers crossed we are close but we ain't organising no Xmas bash just yet. There is a loooong way to go. We just pray that things start to ramp up soon and we can get back to seeing changes. We're impatient!
We've had a fair bit of trouble with water on the site. Turns out it is quite boggy around the back and despite pumping the water out it hasn't improved much. Flash flooding last week and more rain since is certainly not helping our cause so we are praying that February weather gets back to normal and we can get some sunshine. All of this has meant some delay in getting the big piece of steel delivered (that supports most of the house) and installed.
In other news we have our formal completion date. The 18th November is when we get the keys. Yeah right!!! Fingers crossed we are close but we ain't organising no Xmas bash just yet. There is a loooong way to go. We just pray that things start to ramp up soon and we can get back to seeing changes. We're impatient!
All that's left now
The swimming pool that will one day be our WIR, ensuite and laundry
A puddle in what once was the dining room
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