Matthews Mansion

The bricks have arrived for the building of the ground floor extension.  The builder wanted to get all the bricks at once, so there wouldn't be any colour variation between batches.  Unfortunately they couldn't be delivered to the back of the house, so builders have had to take the time to move them by wheelbarrow. I have "fond" memories of doing that once with paving stones at my parents house.  Also the loft work has progressed. They have finished the roof, added a gutter and painted and edged the brickwork.  Inside they are still adding plasterboard. This is the eves storage space for keeping spare suitcases.  My daughter thinks it is a secret compartment.

There has been a lot of progress with the loft.  The stairs are in and just yesterday the loft windows and some plasterboard went on.  There is still some black plastic on the roof so something is not completed up there. The upstairs windows at the front are missing.  The new windows are on order.  We had to make decisions on which windows would open and which would not.  I've been trying very very hard not to say... They should all open damnit.  There has been a few things like this that have to remind me that I don't live in Australia anymore. There are no flyscreens and not all the windows need to open. Work has started on the plumbing.  They replaced the mains pipe from the road, which required a hole dug in the front garden and the entrance way floor.  The kitchen has been stripped and the floor dug up.  Currently the house is without running water (good thing we are not living there)

 The roof at the front is on.. I think they are working on top now... But I can't see that bit. Here is a view from the loft ( Dave braved the ladder to get up there) and it is a lovely view from up there. It is open at the back and the window at the front is open too.  But the weather this weekend is supposed to be excellent, so that probably won't matter.