One foot, two foot

Now that we've had electricity for a week, we're wondering how on earth we did without it. Whilst the generator worked really well, electricity is soooo much better. The novelty of switching lights on and off still hasn't worn off! It seems much quieter out here now that we don't have the noise of the generator. I'm sure the whingeing wombat lady down the road is much happier now that our generator isn't disturbing her "peace and serenity"!!!!!

The footings for the house and the stables have now been dug and poured. What started out as a one day job to dig the footings, turned into a three day job because of all the rock. James, Hindsy (the backhoe guy) and Steggy (the concreter) spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday digging and jackhammering and drilling out the rock. This house isn't moving in a hurry that's for sure with the amount of rock underneath it. The council came and inspected the footings yesterday and straight after we received word we could go ahead with the next step, seven concrete trucks arrived and the footings were poured. The garage hasn't been done yet as it will have the same type of slab as what the machinery shed is. The slab for it will be done at the same time as the slabs are prepared for the house and the stables. The photo shows the footings for the stables

The surveyor is coming out next week to "re-pin" the buildings. Then we lay besser blocks on top of the footings as part of groundwork under the slab and this will make the slabs level. We're hoping to do this part in the next fortnight so that the plumber can come out and do his preliminary pipework. We're still hoping to get the slabs poured by Christmas.