Watertank in place!

Well the watertank was finally positioned... but due to (another!) plumber debacle, we couldn't get it plumbed in to get a rebate from the BCC. *sigh* But our roof area is also too small to receive the rebate and we'd have to have pipes coming from everywhere - unfeasible not to mention dang ugly. But at least we'll have plenty of water for our garden!

Digger digger dooooo!

The inside is a bit too messy to show at the moment, and I don't think it's the right time for 'Before & Afters', so here's the messy outside! Drew organised a great guy, Jason, and his excavator to start on some external work – namely sculpting out the area for the water tank pad down the side of the house – and digging down to the right level for the back fence line. This was additionally important to do as the back sewer access panel* needed to be exposed and available. Ol' grandad Hilary covered it up with about three feet of dirt (and other miscellaneous pieces of crap)... that's a Council no-no!

* (located at the far corner of the block, sewer point fed by back line of houses down the street)

our first bread!

The bread machine works! YUM!

A break in our story...

Just a quick break in our renovation story so show how green the grass is from all the recent rain... and how much the cats are enjoying having their own space to romp around in!

Claude & the Apprentice

Claude came over to plumb in the new sinks, the dishwasher and the laundry, and brought along his bestest apprentice evah... Lucy the Cutie. Certainly not shy! Thanks Claude - you're the bestest plumbah evah!

Lucy helps out

Lil' cutie Lucy decided we were going to dress the tree for Christmas. She's a girl who knows what she wants that's for sure!

[Reece Plumbing t-shirt says "don't risk it, use my daddy"]

cabinets!

The cabinetry is in! The island works well, the pantry space is great - we haven't put anything in them yet, but so far so good! We need the plumber back to hook up the sink, the dishwasher and the fridge, we need the electrician to hook up the dishwasher and the microwave... where will we find one, hmm?

Yay - yet another step closer! STILL packing things up at the old place, but we're getting there (and Christmas really is coming, yikes!)