Exciting news - we received notification that the concrete floor of our new home was being laid. Plus photos too – many thanks to friends D & D who live in the same village and keep an eye on things for us. Yesterday the site looked like this.
Reinforcing mesh laid over the sand
Concrete floor being laid
And today, we drove up to Levin to see for ourselves. The concrete floor was being hosed down and swept. The workman explained how he had just finished doing “seismic cuts” in the concrete floor. This offers some protection from cracking in the event of an earthquake. That’s good to know.
Hosing and sweeping the concrete floor
A friendly neighbour came over to chat with us. A large truck arrived very early in the morning, he informed us, and delivered two large loads of timber. The builders will be working over the Christmas break, we were told, so we expect the walls to go up quite quickly. Especially as it appears that they have been delivered pre-nailed.
Walls for the house
We are moving on to Carterton tomorrow for a couple of weeks of caravanning R & R. But I imagine that being away from the building site for two whole weeks will prove too much for us. Guess we will be making the 250km round trip now and again to check on the building progress. And to take more photos, of course.
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