Let the flooding begin....

So... as you all know I have been in Australia for the past week. I was sitting at the airport last Friday morning, waiting for my departing flight (which I might add was delayed by an hour due to our pilot being "knocked off his bike in LA" and having to be replaced by another one)... great start to the day! Then the phone rings..... its the Electrician, saying that I needed to come up to the block asap, as it looked like our shed was gonna flood and was 50mm from flooding.... awesome..... told him I wasnt going anywhere but on the plane to Australia, but would ring Mike up and send him up to the block to check it out!

Mike spent... hours... up there.... trying to de-flood the place...... and getting rather muddy and very very wet.... awesome.... :| He had to attach a pipe to the dropper on the gutters, as the water was just coming off the roof, onto the ground, and just sitting there flooding the place out.... argh... :( Here are pictures from the next day, when it wasnt so flooded... Mike said the water level was up to the top level of the gravel driveway.... eeek!!!



Mike's makeshift piping, to drain all the water from the roof, down the bank, so no more flooding would occur!


Mike went up on Saturday also, and we had some things delivered! YIPPEEE!!!.... BRICKS!!



AND.... A Kids bath, Spa Bath, kids shower, and taps!!




Big thanks to Mikey for taking the time out to clear up all the water, and put piping in, AND for taking photos for us all to see!! :)

We are going up the block tomorrow morning, and will see what has happened up there during the week! Will post more photos tomorrow :D Stay tuned ;)

And the Door goes up!

Mike and I went up to the block today, as we had to pick something up. I had been up there yesterday and forgot to take the camera with me.... duh! They had started putting up the building wrap when I was up there yesterday (to switch the power back on for the tradies who tripped it lmao)

To my excitement, the first thing I saw, was the Kiwivac van! YIPPEEE!!!! Central Vac system, here I come!!! :)

THEN... EVEN MORE EXCITING..... WINDOWS AND STACKER/SLIDING DOORS!!!!!!!




AND..... A FRONT DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

After checking out the windows, I went up to the top of the block and did my usual panoramic photo of the house! I also noticed that the Roof Tilers had been up there to finish the rest of the tiling on the roof! So that is all done now, and our roof is looking rather swish! :)

Mike and I then walked around the house to check out the Kiwivac installation, which seems to be going all in the right spot! :) (very exciting for me to have a central vac system again!!!!... I much prefer to pull just a hose around everywhere, rather than drag a whole vacuum around the joint!!! Life will be so much easier!)



The electrical work is also taking shape - Kerry and Trent are doing an awesome job!! They also did the electrical work in our shed, and did a brilliant job there too!



This is a pic of the ducting for my awesome Bosch Rangehood!!! (Which I only really wanted because of the cool lighting on it!!! lol)

The Laundry door is in, with a cat flap, for the cat that we don't have, but for the cat we are babysitting at the moment (Chandra!!), and for a future kitten for the kids (Im sure Britt - and Cameron if he is about at the time - would love to help choose a kitten and a puppy when we move!!)

This is the Ranch Sliders in the kids Rumpus Room!

The windows have wrap on them, so this was also good to see that it was done so fantastically!



Here is the Ranch Slider from the Formal Loungeroom.

Ummm..... A MISTAKE, which we had to get corrected quite urgently today.... we were meant to have ONE HUGE WINDOW, so that we could sit in the Loungeroom, and just have an awesome unobstructed view of our property and the land around us .... but, someone, in their infinite wisdom, decided that they would put in... an opening window for us, which is NOT what we wanted, so we had to make a quick diversion to see Chrissy to get this fixed asap!!!

This is where all the guys seemed to be working from mostly today, so all their gear was found here in the Family / Dining / Kitchen area.

This is Our Bedroom and ensuite area. We have stacker doors to an outdoor area from our room!





And last of all.... we got to see our Front Door being put in, which was very awesome to see!!! I wonder how long now, until they lock us out :(

Eaves!

Mike and I headed to the block today... and we met with the electrician. We sorted out all the lights and powerpoints in the house, even added some more lights and powerpoints that we had missed, and changed a few things around that we didnt like or think would work. So, lighting all sorted now!

The roof tilers still have not finished their job, they still have to put the tiles on the ridges and valleys, and there also seems to be a tile in the middle of the roof, that is not in place properly at all.... hmmmmm.......


Paul had also been at the house to do the pre-piping and wiring for the ducted aircon!





The builders were there today, putting the eaves lining in as well!


The house, from the inside, is taking on a more houselike shape, as the builders had also started removing the timber bracing from inside the rooms.

Roof Tiles are nearly finished!!

This morning I had to head over to the North Shore to do a Cuttlebug class at the scrapbooking class, and then headed to the block afterwards.

The house is looking pretty good from a distance....

The Roofers were still there doing the finishing touches... well no, thats a lie, when I got there, they were finishing up lunch lol.... then they got stuck back into work!

So here are some pics, I guess there is not much that I can really say about Roof Tiles! We will head on up there tomorrow to show Cameron and the tiles will be finished by then, so Ill do another post tomorrow when we get home!