intrenched.

Work continues apace at the back of the house. The inspection trench that protects the sewer line is in place (that's it in the centre of the photo). The footing foundations are probably poured by now which will support the extension. Not much happening inside the house for now, though that will change soon, as soon as the foundation is dried and the I-beams can start going up. For those not familiar with our plans, the extension is all constructed in exposed steel I-beams rather than the conventional reinforced concrete. This will result in a lighter - slightly industrial feel for the extension. As for our flooring, it's going to cost $5000 just to do the radar inspection, so we'll probably just farewell the terrazzo and look for something similar to replace the entire downstairs floor.

oops

When hacking the kitchen floor, our builders were a little surprised to break through the thin slab. So now we have the potential problem that the slab might be thin in the lounge as well - and may need to be replaced in order to do proper termite treatment. We're hoping that we don't need to do this as it would destroy the beautiful terrazo (not to mention blowing our budget (again!)).

On a brighter note, we went tile shopping this weekend and found a great selection to shortlist. We're in the middle of colour choices... trying to put together a master palette for the house. It's not easy. ;)