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Kitchen going in
Popped in this morning on the way to school dropoff to look into progress. It's looking incredible. Kitchen is going in downstairs. Plastering happening everywhere. Exterior cladding going on the outs…
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Lockup, stairs in, solar hot water in
Popped in today and there's lots of progress. Yesterday, all the glazing was finished. We got keys and the place can now be locked up! On Monday the stairs went in. Today the pantry under the stairs w…
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Bath is in!
Popped in this morning to check on progress. There's lots happening and the place is basically weatherproof now. Windows are in, roof is on. External cladding has been happening and it looks beautiful…
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Exterior moving along
These photos from the builder. It's looking quite amazing! Cladding is lovely and crisp. Apparently the bathtub went in yesterday.
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Windows are in!
Popped in on Saturday to check on things. The windows are in and they look fantastic. Double glazing throughout and they're beautiful things. Also delivered on Friday was the recycled timber to used o…
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Windows arrived, chimney complete
Dropped in yesterday to check on site. Windows have been delivered and they look awesome. Double glazing throughout so it's gonna be quiet and perform well temperature wise. Yesterday they finished th…
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Hempcrete complete
I popped in on Saturday to see the house and there's been much progress. The hempcrete was almost complete and it's looking amazing. Even with walls and windows missing you can hear the deadening of s…
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Ground floor walls done
Ground floor walls were completed yesterday. I popped in this morning to check out progress. They're moving really fast with the hempcrete and the wall downstairs, which we're thinking we'll leave as…
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Walls going up
On Friday the first hempcrete walls went up. Holly took some photos.
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Hempcrete!
Holly just sent these through. The first Hempcrete wall is going in as we speak!
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Getting ready for Hempcrete
Popped in this morning to check on progress. Formwork for the hempcrete is going in. They should start on the hempcrete on Friday or so. I've booked in a day of leave to help out, cos I'm curious to s…
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Rooms are taking shape
Popped into the site today and saw that the frame is getting close to complete. It's great seeing the shapes of the rooms and where the windows will go. It's gonna be so light and airy upstairs, and t…
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That's a lot of cannabis!
A huge quantity of cannabis got delivered to our house last week. It's the interior (hurd) of the stem from hemp plants, grown somewhere outside Maitland. This will shortly be mixed with lime and wate…
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A trip to the first floor
On this morning's site meeting I got to climb up the ladder and see how the first floor is gonna look. Everything feels bigger than I expected. Downstairs ceilings are higher than I thought, upstairs…
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Taking shape now
Popped in on Saturday to take a look and it's really coming along well. Good progress. Builders have had great weather for it too.
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Frame going up
Holly visited site again today and the frame's going up. This is going nice and fast and the weather's been great. Hooray! Also Louis came first in two events at his school athletics carnival.
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Slab is down, now to get moving up!
Visiting site this morning we got a good look at the concrete. Looks great and the space for our new kitchen and living room is going to feel enormous after the disjointed, poky rooms we had before. O…
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Concrete is done
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It begins
Holly just sent this photo of the concrete pour.
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Concrete poured today
Slab was planned to be poured last Friday but sickness amongst the team meant they weren't ready. The builder brought in extra work and got things moving over the weekend. The kids and I popped in on…