Frame is completed

Our house is really starting to take shape now with the frame completed. Hopefully this rain will stop......arrrgh.....so we can get the bricks and roof on. It is amazing how much bigger it is starting to look now. When the slab was put down we were thinking 'This doesn't look that big' but now it is starting to look how we imagined. We also met our neighbours on the weekend, who served us some amazing turkish coffee. We are very lucky to have such great neighbours!
Framing is underway, this is the front of the house, with Jose in one of his familar poses :)

Double garage frame being constructed

This is the main living area, lesiure room, dining room & kitchen

Frame is complete, this the outdoor leisure area

Alicia with Jose's parents (Bert & Mila or Tatay & Nanay to the filos out there)

Frame has arrived

Well after being water-logged for 2 weeks solid, our house frame & windows have arrived! Construction should start tomorrow and hopefully we will have a roof by the end of the week.

Slab's done!

The day after the pods, slab was poured. Going pretty well so far.

Just something to christen our house.

As you can see in the background, the fence is finished.

Pods!

Foam Pods and grills laid out in preparation for slab.

Did someone say "Pipes"?!

Last Thursday the cement for the piering was getting finished. Today (Monday), I rock up after work and Boo Yaa!!! We got pipes.

Pour that Cement!

The past week or two have gone so quickly. As soon as we got the retaining wall erected, there's been significant movement on our lot almost everyday.

The House has an outline now.

We can imagine our house now. It's finally not just an empty lot.