External works complete

Well after approx 11 months of hard work we have now reached a big milestone with all external works now being complete. Over the last couple of weeks the sewage tank has gone in and the last of the drainage has been hooked up.

Sewage tank waiting to go in....

 

...and in a big hole

The garage also has its concrete floor now so we can start storing stuff out there and free up the space inside the house to get the floor insulation down

Garage floor poured

The top soil has been spread and hard core placed in the drive so the final levels around the house can now be seen and the whole site now looks a whole lot tidier. With the heras fencing now gone as well we are finally able to see what the house and plot look like together without anything diverting the eye.

The future lawn area

South west corner

Hardcore on drive and footpath area

Seen from the woods

Landscaping and lots of internal works are the order of the day for 2012 - this means lots of work for myself since I am the plumbing and ventilation contractor but I'm looking forward to it. Heidi is looking after the landscaping aspect and will be speaking with various companies when we are back in a couple of weeks time.

A new year and back to work

After the festive break its back to work again. The ground work folks are back to finish of the last remaining work scope. The week just past has seen the drainage finished off, hard laid around the areas that will be paved, and the garage floor poured.

Filling in outside the lounge

Back fill behind the garage

Hard core outside the kitchen

Stove flue installed

A couple more weeks work should see the ground works finished and then the focus will turn to the landscaping and the internals. Next visit back for us is Februray as a whole family.