Look how excited my kids are about the house building process. I feel a little bit the same way.
Although to be fair, we have made progress since the last update. For one very important thing, we have building consent. The driveway is complete. The site is prepped.
The driveway took a couple of months to complete because - of course! - we got a LOT of unseasonal rain in November and December. In November for example rainfall was three times the usual amount.
Eventually we were able to get the metal down.
Then it was time to get started on the house site! First the top soil was scraped back.
Then it rained some more. Insert eyeroll emoji here. We had to install a drain for the driveway which prompted filled with water, reminding me of that immortal line from The Castle.
Who knew there were so many boring expensive steps involved in building a house?
More metal deliveries.
Time to backfill!
Now back to the house site. There's a good amount of top soil.
Then there was another break in progress due to the Christmas and New Year break.
Here we are in 2021, back into it. Metal for the house site.
Many headaches trying to work out the profiles.
I had to do a pano to fit the whole site in.
Once the profiles are sorted, the next step is piles - 137 of the things. Then the slab, and then maybe we might actually be up out of the ground. Now that will be exciting.
