Ground Floor Roof

Pleasingly we are starting to see fairly regular attendance of trades at our block so far this calendar year. Having had the scaffold removed from the upper storey and relocated to the ground floor (which is at the back of the house, next to the pool) in the first week of February, we've seen a few things happen every few days. First, the came and removed the brick lift and tidied up the front of the block. Next a couple of guys spent a full day cleaning the inside of the house as well as down each side and around the back of other building debris that accumulated during the construction of the top storey. Roofing materials then started appearing on site in preparation for the construction of the ground floor roof.

Yesterday, February 19th, a big mobile crane came and lifted all the wood and steel beams up and over the top storey and into the back part of the block (and where necessary, into place as part of the roof support). Despite it being 40+ degrees, the roof chippies were also on site and cracked on with the construction of our lower floor roof. By the end of the day, pretty much all the horizontal beams had been installed. Today, another 36+ degree day, the roof chippie team had constructed all the pitched beams. They now need to tidy up all the eaves, install the flashing & guttering and horizontal supports across the pitched roof and it'll be ready for measuring up for cover. 

Upper storey revealed

Today we got the first look at our completed upper floor following the removal of the scaffold that has surrounded it since mid June 2023. We are thrilled with how the house is looking, the colours we've chosen and the lineal design style. We really like how the splayed gutters accentuate the house width.

Removal of the scaffold marks an exciting step as construction now moves to focus on the lower floor, starting with construction of the roof at the back half of the house, including the alfresco, which is also under the main roof. We are also looking forward to seeing the light come in from the skylight we optioned to have over the kitchen.

 Once the roof is on, it's back to more render inside and out, installation of the door and window glass, including our large commercial sliding stacker door between the kitchen/dining and alfresco and our wide front door to get to lock up. Lock up is our next formal completion stage and the next time the builder gets cash so I'm hoping that incentive will see us power through the next phase. I've got a bet on with Josh that we reach lock up by March 31st. Two shiny dollars are at stake so fingers crossed!