Settling in

Well we're finally settling in, and things are starting to get finished. We've just hosted our first Christmas, only days after having the patio concreted. The pool has been started, but isn't going to be done till January some time. We're still working hard to get the property tamed, and we have a lot of mulch to put down to help retard the weed regrowth. But apart from a few odds'n'ends, we're just enjoying being in our own space finally.

The Perfect Storm

We had a massive storm on the weekend. It ripped through here Sunday evening, leaving us without power or cellular service - consequently we had no phone, and also no water since we couldn't run the pump. The winds were blowing everything sideways, and there is quite a bit of damage to the trees. A few of the larger ones were snapped right off, while others are permanently bent over in the direction the wind was blowing. One of the patio fans was flung up, and took a few gouges out of the patio ceiling, before having it's blades bent and twisted. It's likely it will need replacing. There's quite a lot of water sitting around outside, and the ground is so wet it's struggling to contain it. We had a couple of small slips, one down by the water tanks, leaving a sizeable hole in the battering. Some of Rob's vegie garden has hail damage, and some plants have their tops snapped off. Some of the planting and mulching in the gully is just gone - either washed away or buried under mud. It's a bit disappointing, but given the severity of the storm we could have been a lot worse. There's plenty of people with their roof torn off their house.

Moving In

Finally the house is ready and we're moving in this weekend. There's still a couple of things to do, but they're only little things. The floor tilers are working frantically to hopefully be finished today. It's looking great, and they've done a really good job. The garage door finally turned up yesterday, and to their credit, it went in really fast. Just a shame it took so long to get to it. Anyway, Metricon's done a lovely job, we got all the bits'n'pieces yesterday and a nice set of towels.

Nearly there

We're approaching final handover now. We've just had an inspection, and they're going through fixing up various issues in the paint-work. There's still a few odds'n'ends to be finished. Mysteriously the garage door still hasn't appeared?! At least the tanks are in their correct site, and are connected up with the septic, pumps and doodahs. We've had a few storms over the last few days, and hopefully they'll fill up the tanks. Everything is pretty wet at the moment, which gives us some good indicators of where we'll need to put in extra drainage.