more bricks

Brickwork is progressing well, about 2/3 done on the majority of exterior. We also have a front door that won`t shut, work in progress as they say. They have also started to frame out the bathroom and bath area. The hole for the bath looks a bit on the small side but it`s a bit late now. Also appear to be trimming and packing out studs for plasterboard lining. No sign of any electrical works yet.
Already thinking about building a patio and roof out the back. Low level timber decking and a timber roof over with rigid pvc sheeting, or something, is the current plan.
The house over the street appears to be occupied at last, the first one in our little street. The one next door seems to have slowed down, thought they would be in by now.

We passed a billboard with a huge advert for the new Point Cook town centre and `opening soon` or so it said.
The old land sales office just up the road has been levelled and cleared. This will be a new medical centre.
When the brickwork is finished and doors locked it will be time for another stage payment. Happy days.

Our builder is pushing on after the Christmas holidays, things are progressing well. Windows in place. The roof tiles are on, apart from a few cuts and edges. Gutters and downpipes in place. The first fix plumbing is all in and seems to be in the correct places after a quick look around. The external walls have been wrapped with the green stuff you can see in the pictures.

The external bricks have arrived and the brickies should be starting late January. The meter box is in place close to the front door. As we are getting a different water heater the meter box had to move from the side but the current position was not our first choice.
Inside the house is a huge pile of plasterboard ready to go on the internal walls. I imagine the first fix electrical should be starting soon. They have finally moved the bathroom sink waste pipe into the correct position (had been positioned in the bedroom next door).

In our little (cul-de-sac) street will be 12 houses eventually. 3 are almost finished and there are 3 under construction, no sign of any others starting soon. We have read horror stories of almost complete houses being broken into and stuff like electrical goods and even water heaters being nicked. At least there should be a few neighbours about before our place is finished.

Land sales are booming in Point Cook with the release of a number of new plots in a large new estate on the Southern edge of Point Cook, stories in the paper of people camping out at the sales offices to get their choice of plot.

The new town center is well on with construction, the car parks have been surfaced and lined. Some of the buildings should be opening in the next few months.