Dig this!

We've finally started excavating the sites for the house, garage and stables. As you can see (hopefully) from the photo, it's quite a large area and very, very rocky - so much so that we've had to get the rock breaker in for some sections. The trench has now been dug for the power from the transformer to the house site and then from the house site to the machinery shed and we've started to lay the cable. Won't be long now 'til we have that wonderful stuff called "e.l.e.c.t.r.i.c.i.t.y"! The holes for the water tank and the septic have also been dug now.

We have all the quotes back for the frames and roof trusses and are in the process of deciding who to use. We've decided we're going for a timber frame instead of steel that we were originally considering. Since moving into the shed, we've come to realise just how noisy steel frames are, especially first thing in the morning when the sun hits the shed and last thing at night when it cools down. Also, television reception isn't that crash hot and all the steel seems to interrupt the digital set top box - so this was an enormous factor that influenced our decision :)