We had our first little issue, when the builder called to say that the surveyors had stuffed up their measurements, and placed the bottom pegs about 500mm too far down the block. As the peiring concrete had already been poured it would be a massive job to dig it all up and start again. So we are leaving it...our house is now 500mm "forward"...meaning we lose backyard and have to buy more concrete and fill for the driveway (at the surveyors expense). I will be happy if that is the only thing that goes wrong.
Ben has been excited every day...he gets to watch the "men" and the "trucks", he gets to call them "maaate", and to top it all off, they have a dog called Tilly. Tilly isn't particularly friendly, and would probably take a chunk out of Ben if given the chance, but he doesn't seem to care (as long as we are there with him). He especially loves when the men go home and he can go out on the block and throw rocks and dig in the dirt.
The photo above is a shot from the top of the block, where you can see the concrete footings running around the outside of the house. The big bit in the middle is where the front door will be (but up at street level), and to the right will be the garage.
This shot is of the retaining wall at the rear of the house (looking back up the hill). What you can see is the formwork and the wall is poured behind it. They will remove the formwork, leaving the concrete wall, and then brick in front of it. It is quite a bit higher than we had imagined, which means we will have to rethink what we do at the back door (deck v fill).
The back yard is a mess and I look forward to all of you coming over for a house warming BBQ in February...with a shovel.
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