We have a front door

The front door!

We have a front door!  I think that The Architect had thought that the glass and door would be exactly equal in size, but they're not.  Thankfully the client does not give a toss and so it is staying.

And 95% of the glass is now in, which has made an amazing difference to the volumes.  You wouldn't think so, as you could see through it anyway.  It has, however, fooled the dog.  We were hanging out on the scaffolding, checking out the soffits and she clearly thought we were inside.  So she took her usual leap up from the ground through the library door...  SMACK!  She wouldn't go through any other doors after that unless we gave much coaxing.

Zaha investigates strange pipes in the kitchen

The builder has also boarded up the garage door for some reason, which means that we can now really get an idea of what the house looks like.  The plumbers have been busy and the water is now connected.  They've also put the pipes for the water up through the kitchen floor, which looks amusing.  The electrician (Regan's dad, Ray) has been around and has put in the switchboard and fuse box.  The builder is starting to get a little antsy about the electrical situation and so the whip is being cracked this week and electrician's apprentice #1 (Regan) will be going straight down to site every night this week after work.  At least he won't be whipped by the wind anymore!

The builder also told us this week that the scaffolding is coming down very shortly so that he can put up the macrocarpa cladding (not sure how he will do it without the scaffolding, but I'm going to presume that he has thought that through).  That means that (a) we'll get to do an unveiling of the front of the house soon, and, more boringly (b) we needed to get the soffits painted ASAP. 

You can sort of see the soffit.  And the TV spot, far left!

Regan had a competition due this week and was frantic, and I'm not allowed to do anything that might be screwed up.  Painting appears to be in that category.  So Ray stepped into the breach.  70 years old and clambering over the scaffolding!  The soffits are going to be painted the same colour as the interior, so that the walls are just interrupted by the window frames.  And as to Which Shade of White:  the winner is Half Ricecake.  Ricecake was on my list, but I'm not actually sure that The Architect even looked at it!