HUGE update!

Yesterday I was home as I wasn't feeling great - and I got to see lots happening ... luckily I wasn't so sick that I had to spend the day in bed in my PJs ... if I get that sick, I think I'm going to have to go to a friend's house, it would be very unpleasant to spend the day there with people around whilst feeling like crap!!

I'd made myself get up, showered and dressed before 7am ... which turned out to be the right thing to do ... 10 past 7 and in rolled the first lot of tradesmen! They were preparing the garage for the concrete which is arriving today! I have asked they close the doors on the garage once the concrete is down - I don't want doggie foot prints all through it when I let the dogs out tonight, even though it would be quite cute!

Later in the day the soil people came through with surveying equipment.
The builders (one of whom is called Bob - poor guy! maybe another profession would have caused less amusement?!) have begun on frames ... I checked what was written on them ... so far I have a pantry wall, a laundry wall and a toilet door way!! Interesting - I just assumed the first frames would be be for the ensuite, but they've started on the back part of the house. The builder said they'll have all the frames ready to go, and they'll just go up in a couple of days once the back is ready.

They also started removing the veranda ... big holes ... and I've now realised I didn't really get a proper before photo of them! Too late now! The rest will be gone by the time I get home tonight.

The main builder called me last night - we've got some issues with the placement of the septic tank ... they've suggested my front garden! Which WONT be happening! There will have to be another solution! I'm a crap gardener, but I don't need an ugly thing sitting right in the middle of my garden (let alone them digging up the rest of the poor thing ... it has only just survived summer!).
He also told me that I'll be able to move things into the garage over the weekend ... so that's my weekend set ... got to find boxes quickly now! He said they will probably pull out the kitchen cabinets by the end of next week ... bye bye kitchen :-( ... I will miss my cooking!! (I made yummy nutty chocolate biscuits for the builders yesterday).

We're waiting on the architect to finalise the plans for the ensuite - the builder can't order the window until these are done. I've got steam coming out my ears over the plans for the ensuite ... the architect decided to remove a component because it was "awkward" ... so he'll have to be putting it back in ... the awkward bit is there for a very good reason!! We also seem to have issues communicating about the window - I think my vanity is about at knee height at the moment - that window is just going to have to get a whole lot smaller. So this is my first grump over the building process - I'm sure there will be more to come!!

When I got home from work on Monday night I found my little dog missing from her enclosure ... I screamed for her and heard a tiny yelp ... she was INSIDE the house!! Apparently she'd got out again (from the hole created by the builders when the garage went it) and had been running around ... they'd gone into the house and they said she went in so they left her there ... noice ... you can imagine the clean up I came home to!! I'm very glad she was at least safe - and she didn't do too much damage in the house, I only lost one item of clothing to being chewed and she chose the bathroom as her toilet spot - so at least not the carpet!! The builders fixed up the hole yesterday - but I think she might just dig again.