The steel structure & suppporting beams for the foyer area and the central tower just went in today. The top of those beams is where the roof line will start, so for the first time we have an idea of the scale of the entrance area and overall house size. There's quite an amount of steel that is going into this build.
My wife and I relocated to Australia from Seattle. This blog details our new house build in Melbourne. The builder we are working with is Rustic Builders, and the house is located in the new Springthorpe Estate in Macleod, Victoria.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Scaffolding & More Carpentry
The builder says we'll have the framing complete in a month, so between this and the pool guy there should be significant visible progress over the next month. They have also erected scaffolding to build the entrance/foyer area, and laid down plywood flooring over the floor joists at the rear end of the house.
Swimming Pool Construction Begins
Cantwell Pools has started construction on the swimming pool. It's challenging as the pool foundations have to be as deep as the house foundations so that the weight of all that water doesn't put any added stress on the house foundations. Here are some early photos of them working on this. In some places the foundations are 2m deep.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Quick photo from yesterday
Basement brickwork and framing complete, as well as the footings for the main level. Next steps are suspended slabs to go in + floor joists
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