The House Goes On...

So after two weeks, it's time to post some new pictures of the progress being made. Over the past two weeks, the first 40 courses of brickwork were completed, the fascia (white part at the top of the house) and gutters (black part, above the white part), were installed and the brickwork on the garage has begun, with the final window being installed. Also notice, the roof tiles have been delivered and are due to be installed in the first 1/2 of this week! Enjoy the new pictures with more to come after this weeks work!

In Loving Memory...

Sometimes an event happens that causes you to pause, reflect and realize that there is much more out there in life than your personal pursuits, gains and triumphs. Due to such an event, I've decided to put a special post up that has nothing to do with our house, our dream and the work that we either stress about or enjoy with this project, day in and day out. I will update the house again on the weekend, rather than the recent pictures and posts I had planned during this week.

This post is dedicated to the loving memory of Jeff Doty, who left us early Sunday morning, the 14th of October. Jeff was the spouse of my cousin Karen Doty (nee Anderson), whom we are very close to. Jeff was a 'great guy' in the true sense of that phrase. We grieve for the loss and wish we could be there to help comfort the family we love so much. When the rest of our relatives gather to remember Jeff at Karen's 'Big Ass Party' we'll have a beer for him down here, because that's exactly how he'd like to be remembered! He was a loving and caring father and husband to Karen, Andrew and Natalie and a warm and welcoming friend to everyone else and he will be truly missed by all that were lucky enough to have the pleasure to know him.

Sorry for the Neglect, but Weeeeee're Baaaaaaack!

Greetings loyal followers,

Apologies in advance for not posting anything over the past 1.5 - 2 weeks, but we have been busy w/life in general as I'm sure all of you are and bricking is a slower and more methodical process, so to really see a difference it was good to not post any pic's for a little while. Things should pick up over the next couple of weeks as initial brickwork is nearly completed and once it is done the Fascia and Gutters will go on next and then the roof tiles, so very exciting week to two weeks forthcoming. The bricklayer should finish the first 2/3 of his work by Monday, Tuesday at the latest. Next weeks pic's and the week after will be even more interesting so stay tuned!

Updated Post, but no pictures...

Hello again esteemed audience,

This week is a 'verbal' update of sorts as the weather over the weekend wasn't really conducive to go out and take pictures of the progress and much of the progress would probably be hard to discern from the previous post. We had some showers on Friday, so all of the work that was completed was done Monday through Thursday and there was a pretty good amount accomplished on the shortened week. Essentially, the 'other' side of the house was completed to about the height of the windows, all the way down. If you look at the last post from the previous week, the first picture there shows the brickwork just beginning to round the corner of that side of the house. From that shot, you can visualize bricks running all the way down to the height of the window and that was the majority of the work that was done. He also managed to brick up above the outdoor Alfresco, about 1/2 way up the second floor. This week, I would imagine (weather permitting of course) he will brick up the front to the height of the windows, then begin bricking the rest of the areas up to the top of the green wrap, which will probably take about 1.5 weeks in total. Once that is done, the scaffolding will be delivered and erected, the roof guys will show up to put on the roof tiles and the bricklayer will begin to brick up the walls to the garage. Rain or shine, there will be pic's this coming weekend as there should a a good amount of bricks to show by then!