More boring house photos

We have just passed the 100th day of the build. You must be getting SO BORED with me writing about nothing but the house on this blog. But, truth is, nothing much is happening in our lives apart from work on the house, and work at Intalink (for me).

Actually, some news about Intalink - it is to be taken over by Valley Industries, a local provider of services to the disabled. They say nothing will change, except for the name on the top of the contract but I doubt that can possibly be the case. I'll stay until the end of the year, and then reconsider my position. I do enjoy the work, but the financial reward is about 50% less than I was earning for the same hours in Canberra.

Other news about David's health - he has seen Dr Richard Lawson (North Shore Hospital) who is a hand surgeon. Dr Lawson did not think David's neuropathic (nerve) pain problem was to do with his cervical rib and has focussed treatment on his carpal tunnel area, giving him a cortisone injection in the wrist. This helped a bit for a day or so, but the problem is not fixed.

Anyway - house progress! It's all been happening indoors,

 because outside it's a sea of mud.

This is the little picture window facing east above the entry stairs. It often frames cloudscapes.

Sheeting of the interior has begun. "Sheeting" is builder-speak for the gyprock interior walls. The exterior walls of the house are covered in cladding. "Cladding" is builder speak for exterior sheeting.  Geddit? This is David's artist/musician studio, downstairs.

Insert non-boring non-house photo here.  This is a rainbow lorikeet slurping nectar off the banksia candles outside our rental house window. This house is adjacent to the golf club carpark and my sleep this morning ended before 6am with the arrival of a coachload of very excited and loud chaps who had obviously booked a team golf day. There was a lot of cheering and yahooing. I tried to be happy for them. Hopefully they will all have a tiring day and a long drive and it's a golf day not a golf weekend (and no big boozy Saturday night dinner at the club tonight). Harrumph.

Back to boring house photos, this is the study, off the main living area. You can see where Scrappy, the builder's dog has made herself a day-bed in the middle of the pile of leftover insulation batts.  She has a good life, that Scrappy. Extra insulation has been put in - enough to satisfy even me.

This is the main living area with its very tall raked roof. Terrace to the right, deck to the left. A big multi-purpose room that will take a bit of filling with furniture, big paintings, plants and so forth. Watch this space.

 Same room, facing north.  The kitchen will be installed to David's right.

Our bedroom also faces north. Lots of light. No sleeping in will be allowed.

This will eventually become the ensuite bathroom.  Should be big enough.

Guests - this is your end of the house, your bedroom(s) straight ahead, to the left is your toilet and to the right is your bathroom. You can come and stay after September. By the way, this is the June long weekend and we have no house guests! What the? The weather is glorious, and its miserable where you are, isn't it?

Another non-house shot to finish. This little flock of wild ducks flew into the dam as we were looking out of the study window and arguing about how tall the benches in there would need to be in order to fit 2-drawer filing cabinets underneath. Totally distracted the pair of us and I'm still not clear how tall we should make those benches!