After a couple of weeks away fom blogging..prepping for "vacation"(??)..away on "vacation" and then recovering from "vacation" I am now trying to get back up to speed on the house build (& life in general!).
After 12 days away Sam, William & I were excited to go to see what progress had been made. Consequently went up to the house as soon as we got home. From the exterior no change (other than racking on the rear of the roof for the solar panels), which was a bit disappointing, as when we left there was talk of siding and possibly base coat of stucco being done in our absence). However, internally the electrical sockets ('outlets' in American!), switches, light fittings, fuse boxes, meters etc have been wired and most of the pipes for the plumbing and 1 bath tub have been installed..and the HVAC system is almost all in..at least the venting!
Both the electical and plumbing guys are still working away at 3086. The plumbers are installing the Pex system and the soffits were being installed yesterday. The electrician (whose wife is British, and is a Jelly Baby fan..so I bought her some back!) needed answers from me on things like where we want outside outlets (had to madly think ..where will we want to put up Christmas lights (Not easy to think Christmas when it is 88 degrees and sunny), electrics in garage, switches for security floods etc. In fact, I am woman much in demand at the moment..by sub contractors that is!!!! I am being chased in all directions for decisions..all quite overwhelming..I am trying to stay cool calm and collected and deal with each request in a logical manner..but not always easy to stay as cool as a cucumber with everything else going on in my life, as well as the house!! I will get it all done...one day!! As they say in Venezuela "poco a poco"!!
On Tuesday morning I spent 3 1/2 hours working some more with the lighting designer on choosing fitments..or at least coming up with a short list, as final decisions will of course be made with Ian. I have however delegated to the boys the task of choosing the lights and ceiling fans for their own bedrooms and bathrooms.
Today the siding starts to go up.....and tomorrow the drainage pits will begin to be excavated.
I am off to house now to meet with some one else (???..it is all a blur!) and to go over some stuff with Rick (our builder)
Hasta luego!!
Photo Descriptions:
1) Racks on the roof at the back of the house ready for the solar panels to go on in a few weeks. Note how the copper roofs are mellowing beautifully!
2) The first bath tub..in the guest suite
3) Wires and switches everywhere!!
4) The 2 electricity meters
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