Week 13

Brilliant weather at Ravello Rise this week!

Inside, central vacuum and gas pipes were installed...

Outside, the weatherboards have now been finished and will be painted next week.

 

Week 12

This week the bricks were laid...

and the weatherboards have started to be installed.

Inside, our plumber has complete the pipe work and the stairs have arrived...

We hope to complete the house in early December.

Week 11

This week, the garage door arrived, the roof gutters were completed, a temporary front door lock was fitted and the soffits have been completed.

The bricks have also arrived this week and will be laid starting next week.

Week 10

This week, the windows and front door went in and the top roof was completed.

The roof gutters are in and plumbing has also begun to be installed.

For the next few weeks we will be working on the exterior cladding.

Week 9

This week the upper roof trusses were completed, fascia was installed and scaffolding arrived.

We have put plywood on the lower roof to ensure that the roof stays in pristine condition and won't get damaged from being walked on.

 
Next week we aim to complete the roof and have all windows and doors installed.

Week 8

This week fascia and gutters were installed on the lower roof and progress was made on the trusses for the top roof.

Here are views to the east, west and up the stairs:

 West

East

Next week, scaffolding will come in and we will finish off the lower roof and complete the trusses for the upper roof.

Sunset view out the Master Bedroom window.

 

Week 7

This week, we made progress in two areas...

The front and side porticoes were built...

 
... and the trusses for the lower roof were installed.

We will be moving onto the upper roof next week.

Week 6

This week the mid floor was completed and the upper frames arrived...

And were put up.

 

View from the Master Bedroom upstairs:

Panoramic

View to the East:

We hope to have the roof on by the end of the month!

Week 5

View of Ravello Rise from the North East

The first floor frames have been completed and the floor joists for the second floor have begun to be installed.

Installing the floor joists, we were able to get a preview of the great view over the valley to the south from the second floor.

Installing floor joists.

View of the back of the house

Building paper for the first floor went on towards the end of the week.

Another good week at Ravello Rise, next week we hope to have the second storey floor completed!