Basement Walls Up!

The blockwork for the ground floor is up! Eat that, Kevin McLeod.

Builder's Apprentice No. 1 was down on site by 8 am two days in a row. He can't even manage to leave for work by that time! Hope Hamish & John aren't reading this.

This is taken from the future outdoor terrace at the kitchen/dining/car port end looking back towards the garage. And you can see the neighbours two sites up, who are about two weeks ahead of us (they don't have a basement). Actually, we suspect that it is a speccie being built by a Wanaka builder that is for sale.

This photo is taken from the opposite direction, above the garage again. The floor slab for the first floor can't be put on for two weeks, so in the interim the blocks will be filled (grouted), the blocks will be tanked (water-proofed), the structural steel for the first floor slab will be measured and fabricated, the ground floor slabs will be poured and the drainage will be done. So it won't look like too much exciting will be happening but it will all be going on in the background.