Framing

The outlines of the walls are up, and Gail has been taking arty photographs to record this stage.

In this one, you can actually see a tradesman or two. This is
the view through the garage to the front door.

This view is down the Western side of the house,
where the hot water system will sit.

We've confirmed our choices for the colours for the inside and outside of the house. Andy was right ... we need a lighter colour on the Weathertex and the eaves.

Now we are thinking about the pathway from the footpath outside the house leading up to the front door. Because there is going to be such a large expanse of concrete in front of the garage, it is going to be important to have an attractive pathway.

At this stage, we are thinking about a wooden slatted pathway - a bit like a narrow slice of decking that starts at the edge of our plot and takes people right to the bright red front door. So ... we have a site visit scheduled quite soon, which will give us an opportunity to discuss this aspect of things with our builder.

We have access to a wonderful piece of project management software used by Jigsaw, which allows us to post information about the building in the same place that the site manager and the builder and the architect and the scientist use to record developments. Gail is the one who keeps this up-to-date from our perspective. It's fantastic, because each time we visit the site, we can see what has been updated, and keep track of all the developments to which any one person is contributing. We can be sure that all our requests and questions are recorded and noted by everyone, from the company principals to the site manager. I don't know how widely these types of programs are in the Australian building industry, but I think it is amazing. It brings a level of transparency to the project that is outstanding - and both Gail and I really value the fact that we know what is happening all the time.

Things are developing very nicely!

On the other hand - rain all this week has been lovely, but it would be good, now, if the rain came only at night, please.