Construction Progress
Homestead
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July 28, 2022 - Excavation in-progress
Location of back retaining wall
Argh! a wall of rock, and we need to go down about a meter yet
That's a lot of rocks, and we have a long way to go
Had to bring out the power hammer to bust up the wall of rock
More rocks
...and more rocks
It's the rainy season
Picture Dates
- October 31, 2024 - Front Gate Installed
- October 17, 2024 - West Boundary Fence Installed
- October 10, 2024 - West Boundary Fence
- October 03, 2024 - Windows and Prep
- September 21, 2024 - Fencing the East Side
- September 12, 2024 - Catchup, Restart, and Secure the Border
- April 25, 2024 - Bathroom tile, Water System, Window Frames, Etc.
- April 04, 2024 - Garage Wall, Lower level and more
- March 07, 2024 - Bath, Ceiling, Windows & Doors
- February 22, 2024 - Bathroom, Primer and Lower Level
- February 8, 2024 - Decisions and a few minor things
- January 25, 2024 - Floors and More
- January 04, 2024 - BioDigester, More Inside Plaster & Cement
- December 28, 2023 - Garage Wall, Inside Plaster, Big Hole
- December 14 & 21, 2023 - Garage Wall, Plumbing
- December 06, 2023 - Rain Delay and Garage Wall
- November 30, 2023 - Plumbing Started & More Lower Level
- November 23, 2023 - More Lower Level & Front Garden
- November 09, 2023 - Lower Level & Front Garden Continues
- November 02, 2023 - Entrance, Lower Level & Front Garden
- October 26, 2023 - Even More Front Wall and Entrance
- October 4, 2023 - More Front Wall and Entrance
- September 21, 2023 - Front Wall and Entrance, Lower Level
- September 14, 2023 - Tower Walls, Prep for Entrance and Front Wall
- September 7, 2023 - Exterior Plaster, Lower Level
- August 24, 2023 - Even More Plaster, Bedroom Floor, Tower Wall
- August 17, 2023 - More Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- August 03, 2023 - Lower Level, House Inside Plaster, Front Views
- July 27, 2023 - Closet Plaster, Lower Level Roof
- July 20, 2023 - Lower Level, House Drains
- July 13, 2023 - Lot Corner, Cistern, House Drains
- July 6, 2023 - Cistern, Drainage, Miscellaneous
- May 31, 2023 - Cistern, Roof, Electrical
- May 11, 2023 - Roof, Retaining wall, Kitchen shelf
- April 27, 2023 - Roof, East wall, Electrical
- April 19, 2023 - More stuff done, More stuff to do
- April 13, 2023 - Roof, Registers, Workshop and East Wall
- April 05, 2023 - Ceiling, Roof and Workshop
- March 29, 2023 - Roof Prep, Workshop, Shower & Fire
- March 23, 2023 - Ceiling nearly finished, Lower Level Walls
- March 15, 2023 - More Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 09, 2023 - Ceiling, Walkway, Lower Level
- March 01, 2023 - More Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway
- February 23, 2023 - Work on Ceiling, Stairs and Walkway continues
- February 15, 2023 - Boveda ceiling started, Stairs and Walkway continue
- February 9, 2023 - Lower Structure, Entrance Stairs and Walkway
- January 25, 2023 - Lower Retaining Wall & Structure In-Progress
- January 5, 2023 - Roof Beams almost complete, Lower Level Retaining Wall
- December 15, 2022 - Ready for Roof Beams, Start Lower Level
- December 7, 2022 - Wall Headers and Peaks
- November 24, 2022 - Walls Getting Closer to Completion
- November 17, 2022 - Walls In-Progress ...continued
- November 9, 2022 - Foundation and Walls In-Progress
- October 27, 2022 - Starting to take shape, house build platform near completion
- October 13, 2022 - Work continues on the house build platform
- September 29, 2022 - Front retaining wall near completion
- September 15, 2022 - Back retention wall complete, side retention walls WIP
- September 8, 2022 - Back retention wall almost complete
- August 16, 2022 - Excavation complete; Back retention wall started
- August 3, 2022 - Excavation on-going
- July 28, 2022 - Excavation in-progress
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